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School: Benson Graduation Year: 1967

Year Inducted: 2016

Sports Played: Basketball, Baseball

High School Honors: 3-year Basketball letterman.
3-year Baseball letterman, PIL 1st Team all three years, State 1st Team, Senior; led PIL in home runs and RBIs, batting .426; unanimous MVP and outstanding hitter in 1967 Metro State All-Star Series.

Post High School Career: 48th pick in the 1967 Major League Baseball draft by the Cincinnati Reds. Passed on Baseball Scholarship to OSU to play 3 seasons of Professional Baseball in Iowa and Florida. Career in industrial laundry management.

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