Milt Mead

Background

Mead was born in Bay City, Michigan in 1932.

Education

He attended Bay City Central High School where he was a star athlete in both basketball and track and field

Career

He also played college basketball at the from 1951 to 1954 and was the second-leading scorer on the 1951-1952 Michigan Wolverines men"s basketball team His father was then employed as an inspector in an automobile factory. In 1949, he was the starting center for the basketball team and was selected as the second-team center on the All-State Team.

Mead enrolled at the in 1950.

While attending Michigan, he competed in both track and field and basketball. He was inducted into the Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2010.

Mead also played three years with the Michigan Wolverines men"s basketball team from 1951 to 1954. He was the second leading scorer on the 1951-1952 Michigan Wolverines men"s basketball team, scoring 238 points (108 points per game) over the course of the season.

He appeared in 66 games for the Michigan basketball team from 1951 to 1954, scoring a total of 592 points.

He received a bachelor"s degree in sociology in 1954. In his later years, Mead lived in Tehachapi, California. He died there in August 2000.

Achievements

• He was a two-time All-American in the high jump, and he won the 1953 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship in the event. He won the 1953 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship in the event, clearing a height of 6 feet, 8-1/4 inches. He was twice selected as an All-American and was a two-time Big Ten Conference champion in the high jump. Mead scored 17 points in the first win of the 1951-1952 season, a 58-55 victory over the University of Colorado on Christmas Eve 1951.

Membership

He specialized in the high jump and, as a member of the Michigan Wolverines men"s track and field team, he broke the Big Ten Conference record in the high jump.