- He had a talent of training dogs and was proud of achieving the rare feat of training a mixed-breed dog to lead his dog sled. The dog, named Spook, became his pet.
- After marrying Dorothy Gill of Chicago, he returned to his college studies and earned a teaching degree from Butler University in Indianapolis, Ind. He accepted an offer from the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to teach in Alaska.
- After a brief interruption of his boxing career during WWII, he won 29 of his 33 matches, with one of those wins including a featured match in the 1950 All Star Boxing Show at the Milwaukee Arena headlined by Rocky Graziano.
- Trained under the famous boxing champion Johnny Coulon at his gym on the South Side of Chicago.
- Former boxer, trainer and school teacher.
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