Attended Valley Head High School. Graduated May, 1949. Played Football 1945, 1946, 1947 and 1948. Lettered all four years. All County 1948. He played 1st String all four years at Troy. Joined United States Navy on January 31st, 1951; discharged February 5th, 1955; Served on two destroyers-radar man. Returned to Troy winter quarter in 1955; football 1956, 1957 and 1958; graduated March 1959.