Willlard Kehrt

Shelbyville High School’s outstanding player in 1930 … 3-sport standout at Indiana University, won coveted Balfour Award in ’35 … co-captained team that year … also earned 3 baseball letters at IU … a defensive standout … all-conference honors … began 29-year coaching career with 3 years at Madison, then 26 at Terre Haute Garfield … 450-214 career record … 11 sectional championships … 4 regional crowns, 2 semistates runner-up in ’47 … 6 Western Indiana Conference titles … won North Central Conf. championship in ’39 … 7 sectional titles, 4 regionals, a semifinal championship … coaching career interrupted by World War II … returned to teaching in ’61 in Florida.