Background
He grew up in Alhambra, California, and attended the University of Southern California ( University of Southern California). His father was a second baseman in the Pacific Coast League.
He grew up in Alhambra, California, and attended the University of Southern California ( University of Southern California). His father was a second baseman in the Pacific Coast League.
While attending University of Southern California, the younger Mohler was the student council president, played baseball and played at the quarterback position for the University of Southern California Trojans football team He led the 1931 University of Southern California Trojans football team to a national championship and a victory in the 1932 Rose Bowl, and, at the end of the 1931 season, he was selected by the Central Press Association as a second-team All-American fullback and by the Associated Press as a third-team All-American quarterback. In 1933, after graduating from University of Southern California, Mohler played professional baseball in the Pacific Coast League for the Mission Reds.
He died in the crash of an Air Force plane in 1949 and was posthumously inducted into the University of Southern California Hall of Fame in 1995.
He was buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.