Northwestern State University of Louisana

An All-Gulf States Conference selection in baseball, as a catcher in his junior season (1949) and as a first baseman his senior campaign (1950) … his 17 home runs topped the GSC his senior year and he hit over .300 each of his four varsity seasons … played quarterback and defensive back in football ... later coached at Oakdale High School, developing a track and field program that won a state championship in 1960 … also coached at Hammond High School, Jackson High School and West Monroe.