The 200-pound tackle teamed with Ed Bock to anchor the right side of the line on Iowa State’s 1938 team, which ranked as high as 18th in the polls and finished 7-1-1
Received first-team all-conference honors in 1938, playing all but 20 minutes that season
Named the best tackle in school history in a 1960 poll
Played six years with the Washington Redskins – blocking for QB Sammy Baugh – and participated in three NFL Championship games