An original member of the first football team at YSU in 1938, he was a four-year letterman, going both ways but leaving his mark as one of the greatest centers that ever graced Penguin gridiron. He was the first professional gridder to come out of YSU, playing for the Detroit Lions in 1942. He is a former assistant coach for YSU and a former head coach at his alma mater, Campbell Memorial High School.