- A graduate of Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School and Notre Dame University
- Outstanding football and track participant, All-Western PA All-Star
- Three – year two-way starter at Notre Dame and played all sixty minutes in three games.
- 1955 First Team All-American (American Football Coaches, Football Writers Association of America, International News Service and, Central Press Association)
- Played in 1955 East-West Shrine Game and 1956 College All-Star Game.
- Drafted in the Third round by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1956, playing in all 12 regular season games.
- Thirty – month Air Force tour ended his football career