Education
A native of Pittsburgh, Sterck attended Peabody High School before enrolling at Washington & Jefferson College.
A native of Pittsburgh, Sterck attended Peabody High School before enrolling at Washington & Jefferson College.
At Washington & Jefferson, he played college football at the center position from 1918 to 1920 and also played on the school"s basketball team He was selected by Tiny Maxwell as a first-team center on his 1918 College Football All-America Team.