Delvin “Del” Landis
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DELVIN “DEL” LANDIS, Elkhart High School, 1951
* Earned 10 varsity letters in 4 sports – baseball, basketball, football
* Baseball – 4 varsity letters. Team’s leading hitting in 1949; was Northern Indiana Conference batting champion and Most Valuable Player in 1951; finished with school record for highest career batting average
* Basketball – 3 varsity letters. Helped lead Blue Blazers to NIC, Sectional and Regional championships in 1951
* Football – 3 varsity letters. Returned opening kickoff 98 yards to help beat Bloomington (Ill.) Normal High School 38-0 in 1950