Previously, he had been drafted by the Fort Wayne Pistons of the Basketball Association of America in 1948.

[citation needed] He played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin where he broke the scoring records of Johnny Kotz and Gene Englund.

[2][3] He was named to the All-Big Nine team as a junior and senior and led the conference in scoring in 1947 with 15.6 points per game.

[6][7][8] He is buried with his wife, Verone, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where he had owned a Ford dealership.

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