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FOOTBALL- BASKETBALL BASEBALL- TRACK Earned 12 Varsity Letters 4 in football, 3 in basketball, 2 in baseball, 3 in track Team Captain- Football, Basketball, Track in Senior year State Champion in the Half Mile Run in senior year Track Scholarship at Ypsilanti, Michigan Summer School at Ohio State University 1938, 39 PCHS COACH First Athlete to return to PCHS as Coach in 1940 Coached Football, Basketball, and Track WAR HERO Called to military duty in 1940 and served in the Philippines Survived Japanese bombing of U.S. base in Manila 1941. Captured and forced to take part in the "Bataan Death March" Was put on Japanese prison ship bound for Japan. Died in bomb attack after POW ship was hit by U.S. Navy. Was buried at sea near coast of Formosa. Art Burholt was awarded a track scholarship to Michigan State Normal College, now know as Eastern Michigan University, where he earned his teaching degree. After graduation, he became the football, basketball, and track coach at Port Clinton High School until he was called to active duty. Art served his country with distinction and lost his life in World War II. Art Burholt was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, among other military decorations. The 1926 Revista describes Art Burholt "As fair and clean an athlete as you will ever meet." |
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