Canisius University Athletics

• Four-year letter winner and former U.S. Army sergeant
• Called one of the greatest football players he had ever seen by his coach Eugene Oberst and was a sixty-minute player on the gridiron for the Golden Griffins 
• Also earned a letter in track, placing sixth in the New York Athletic Club Games in shot-put
• Competed in the Penn Relays and National AAU Championship at Soldier Field in Chicago