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A transfer from Los Angeles City College (where he won the 1950 national junior college all-around and parallel bars titles), he captured the NCAA all-around championship as a USC senior in 1952, as well as the parallel bars title in both 1951 and 1952. He received both a bachelor's and master's degree from USC.
He was the first Trojan (along with Charlie Simms) to land a berth on the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. He participated in 3 Olympics (1952, 1956 and 1960), helping the U.S. to Top 8 finishes each year (including fifth in 1960 and sixth in 1956). He was seventh in the 1956 Olympics horizontal bars and vault events.
