Career
A native of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, he played college football for the Michigan State Spartans football team and was selected by the Associated Press, the International News Service and the Central Press Association as a first-team player on the 1952 College Football All-America Team. He later went into coaching and intercollegiate athletic administration. He served as the athletic director at Texas Technical (1978–1980), Arizona State University (1980–1985), and the University of Missouri (1988–1992).
