[1] He attended California Area High School in Coal Center, Pennsylvania.
[1] He was a member of the Pittsburgh Panthers football team from 1934 to 1937 and a three-year letterman from 1935 to 1937.
Adams signed with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League in 1939.
[2] He played in the Cardinals' first three games of the 1939 season, starting one, before being released by the team on September 27, 1939.
[3][2] He then played in three games for the East Chicago Indians of the American Professional Football Association during their 1939 season.