. It seemed that most of my High School years were spent in sports. I played football, (a 5’6” 145 guard) and lettered once. I swam (dove my freshman year and swam the 200 and 400 yd freestyles) and lettered 3 times. And I ran track (ran the 220, 440, 880, long jumped and pole-vaulted) 2 letters.
I left my family (mom, dad, brother and sister) in June of 1967 to attend Southern Illinois University, in Carbondale. I had applied to North Texas State University in Denton, but got no word from them till the middle of June so I finished out the summer secession at SIU. I went to North Texas and majored in Physical Education and a minor in Biology, getting
my B. S. in December of 1971. Since I had gotten married in June of 1969 I stayed on to
work on my Masters, which I got in May of 1973.
More later…or To be continued…………….
