Club: Missouri Athletic Club, Union League Club of Chicago

College: Germany & Washington University

High School: Germany

Playing Record: National Awards in Swimming

Coach:

• Coached MAC to Junior AAU Nationals indoor and outdoor in 1949
• Coached swimming and Water Polo at Washington University, St. Louis, MO
• Coached Hall of Famer Richard "Hoot" Newman & National players Harry Queensen, Dr. John Carson & Don Cloony.
• Coached from 1917 to 1962

Honors:

• Father of Age Group Swimming 1918 - 8 to 18 yrs - Central US
• Athletic Director of Missouri A.C. 1921 - 62
• Rewrote 60 year old AAU rules for Water Polo
• Awarded 1st American Red Cross Life Saving Emblem
• Junior Chamber of Commerce Physical Fitness Leadership Award - 1968
• Helms Athletic Foundation Swimming Hall of Fame 1965
• Chairman National AAU Water Polo Committee 1948 - 50
• Received AAU International Awards
• Elected to ISHOF 1967

Personal:

• Member of the Missouri Home Guard 1918
• Professional mechanical engineer
• Came to this country from Germany in 1913 at 19 yrs of age
• Worked for Henry Stark Iron Works, Joplin MO, Western Electric Co, Chicago IL