Professional Football Player, Coach. He played at the position of running back and defensive back for ten seasons (1954 to 1963) in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League with the Chicago Cardinals, Montreal Alouettes, and the Ottawa Rough Riders. He also coached in the Canadian Football League for eleven seasons (1974 to 1984) with the Ottawa Rough Riders and in the Arena Football League (or AFL) with the Chicago Bruisers in 1989. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he attended local schools and then attended Santa Ana College in Santa Ana, California, and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and played football collegiately in both offensive and defensive positions. He first played professional football in the defensive backfield position with the National Football League's Chicago Cardinals for five games from 1954 to 1955. With the Canadian Football League's Chicago Cardinals, he rushed the ball twice for 26 yards and caught three passes for 28 yards. He then relocated to Canada and settled in Ontario, where he was signed to a contract with the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes and played with them at the position of defensive back beginning in 1956. After the 1956 season, he joined the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Rough Riders and played with them at the position of defensive back and offense positions in 1957. With the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Rough Riders, he was a member of the 48th Grey Cup Winning Championship Team in 1960. The game which was played on November 26, 1960, at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, saw the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Rough Riders beat the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos 16-6 in front of 38, 102 fans. During this time he was coached by the legendary Frank Clair, and his teammates included such greats as Jerry Selinger, Kaye Vaughan, Gary Schreider, Marv Bevan, Merv Collins, Lou Bruce, Doug Daigneault, Collins Hagler, Gilles Archambault, and Angelo Mosca. He was named a Canadian Football League All-Star in 1961. He retired from the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Rough Riders after seven seasons with the team in 1963. Following his retirement from football, he worked for some time as a physical education teacher at Laval High School in Laval, Quebec, and at Loyola High School in Montreal, Quebec. He then spent three years in the Continental League with the Montreal Rifles in Montreal, Quebec, and Orange County Ramblers in California, before accepting a job as an assistant coach to head coach Jack Gotta for the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Rough Riders. He stayed with the team until 1973 when he was named as the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Rough Rider's head coach when Jack Gotta left to become head coach and general manager of the World Football League's Birmingham Americans. in 1974. In his first year with the team, he led them to a 10 5-1 finish which resulted in him being awarded the distinguished Annis Stukus Trophy as the Canadian Football League's Coach of the Year in 1975. The following year he participated in another Grey Cup Winning Championship game, this time as head coach and not as a player at the 64th Grey Cup. During that game, the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Rough Riders beat the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders 23-20 at the Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Ontario. He would go on to coach the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Rough Riders to 5-11 disappointing loss against the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos during the 69th Grey Cup Game in 1981, and a terrible 4-12 season in 1984, and was unfortunately relieved of his coaching duties and appointed as director of player personnel. He was hired as coach of the Arena Football League's Chicago Bruisers in 1989 and later served as an assistant when the team became the Dallas Texans in 1990. He later moved to Ottawa, Ontario, and worked with coach Ron Smeltzer in 1993. He also coached the UCCB Capers of Cape Breton University in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in 1993, was an offensive coordinator of the Shreveport Pirates in Shreveport, Louisiana, from 1994 to 1995, and was defensive coordinator of the Anaheim Piranhas in Anaheim, California, in from 1994 to 1997. He lastly served as the defensive coordinator for the Arena Football League's Florida Bobcats in Sunrise, Florida, in 1999. He retired for good from football after the 1999 season. For his dedication to the sport of football, he was elected into the Ottawa Football Hall of Fame in 2002. He passed away at his home in Ottawa, Ontario, at the age of 88.