He was an outstanding basketball and football player at Charlotte High School,[1] and went on to play offensive tackle for Western Michigan University, where he was named First-team All-Mid-American Conference in 1976, and received four letters.

[4][5] After leaving the Bears, he returned to Charlotte to become a mortgage broker.

He died in 2007 at the age of 52, apparently from a heart attack.

[1] In 2005, he was included in the Western Michigan University All Century Football team.

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