A talented all-around athlete who lettered at Cal in track and field, football and basketball … at the time, set the world record in the 400 meters with a time of 46.0 and 440 yards in a time of 46.4 in 1941 … won the national AAU/TAC 400-meter titles in both 1940 and '41 … ran to a third-place finish at the 1941 NCAA Championship in the 440, helping Cal to a third-place team finish … 1941 PCC Champion in the 440 … member of Cal's then-world-record setting mile relay team in 1941, as he anchored the Cal team to a time of 3:09.4, and of Cal’s world record setting two-mile relay, which he also anchored, to a time of 7:34.50, in 1941.
