Luther College

• Enrolled at Luther in fall of 1947 after serving in the Army Air Force
• Four-year letter winner in basketball
• Remembered as the Bob Cousey of the Norsemen
• Served as team captain and voted MVP his senior year
• Named to all-conference team by Des Moines Register
• Offered a tryout with the Minneapolis Lakers who were then at the pinnacle of professional basketball and he declined
• Teacher and coach in St. Cloud, Minn.