Member of the U.S. Olympic Team in 1948 and 1956, alternate in 1952. Gold medalist in long horse at 1955 Pan-American games, also winning two silver and three bronze medals in those games. National AAU champion in parallel bars, 1948, 1949 and 1951 and in side horse, 1956. Two-time NCAA all-around and parallel bars champion (1949 and 1950) at Kent State University. Also won NCAA championships in horizontal bars, 1950, and side horse, 1951. Coach of U.S. team in 1966 North American Championships at Montreal.
Member of U.S. Olympic Team in 1960 and U.S. Pan-American Team in 1959. Shared team gold medal and won two individual silver medals at Pan-Am Games. Member of U.S. All-American AAU Team in 1959 and 1960 and U.S. World Games Team in 1962. Won National AAU junior all-around championship in 1959 and won AAU award as most promising young gymnast in nation in 1960. Earned gold medal in USA-USSR dual meet in Moscow, 1961.
Pan-American Games gold medalist in the high jump in both the 1963 and 1967 games, setting Pan-Am record in 1963. Won several national high jump championships from 1963 through 1969. Holder of American indoor high jump record. Won her first national championship at the age of 14 in the long jump. Competed in high jump in both the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.
United States champion in shot put and discus 19 times from 1933 to 1952 and given All-American ranking by the AAU 13 times. Bronze medalist in the discus in the first Pan-American Games, held in Argentina in 1951. Competed in 1948 Olympic Games in both shot put and discus.
First American woman to win 800-meter race in Olympic competition, winning the gold at Mexico City in 1968. Also competed in 1972 and 1976 Olympics. Won Pan-American Games gold medal plus U.S. Indoor and Outdoor national titles at 800 meters in 1967. First national title was earned in 440-yard dash in 1965 when she set an American record, one of many she was to hold.
Dominant U.S. heavyweight wrestler of the 1950s. Member of 1952, 1956 and 1960 U.S. Olympic Teams. Won National AAU free style championship eight consecutive years (1953-1960) and Greco-Roman title seven straight years before finishing second in 1960, ending string of 76 straight wins in national AAU competition. Pan-American Games gold medalist in 1955. Member of Helms Hall of Fame for Wrestling. Starred for Case Tech in wrestling, track and football, 1949-51, and is charter member of Case Western Reserve Athletic Hall of Fame.
Three-time Ohio school champion at Maple Heights High, 1967-68-69, going undefeated through high school career. Continued undefeated in Big Ten competition for four years at Michigan State University, first wrestler ever to accomplish this feat. NCAA 142-pound champion in 1972 and three-time collegiate All-American. Twice named to East-West Collegiate All-Star team, he was named the Outstanding Wrestler in the Big Ten in 1973 after winning his fourth consecutive conference title.
One of Ohio’s best amateur golfers for over 40 years, he qualified for the National Amateur Championships more than 25 times, and was runner-up to Arnold Palmer for the title on one occasion. Won every Cleveland-area amateur crown, including dive District Amateur Championships (1935-36-40-47-51). Also won U.S. Seniors Gold Association Championship.
Winner of 1946 Masters Championship at Augusta, Georgia, his professional career spanned two decades from 1940 through 1960. Among other tournaments he won were the Sierberling, Akron and Ohio Opens. Served as head professional at Akron’s famed Firestone Country Club for many years and won recognition as one of the game’s most competent instructors.
Fine all-around star for Cleveland West tech High in 1920, ’21 and ’22, he continued his career at Ohio State University, lettering in football, basketball and baseball for three seasons and captaining the 1926 Buckeye football team. As backfield coach at Texas A & M he was credited with developing All-American John Kimbrough. A pro baseball player briefly, he became head baseball coach at Ohio State in 1951 and produced an NCAA championship nine in 1966.