Career
He played college football at Western Reserve University (now known as Case Western Reserve University) and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1938 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. A graduate of Niles High, he was a three-year letterman for the Red Dragons, graduating in 1934. He was an allcounty and All-Ohio selection during a storied scholastic career, playing collegiately for Western Reserve from 1934-1938 where he earned All-American honors as an offensive lineman.
Considered one of the toughest at his position during his era, he played seven seasons in the National Football League, starting first with the Cleveland Rams (1938-1940) and then moving over to the Philadelphia Eagles (1940-1941) after being traded by the Rams.
He died in Niles, Ohio of natural causes, October 3, 1994 at age 79.
