Ball State’s 1949 football team is the first team to ever be inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame. The 1949 squad is the only unbeaten and untied football team in the 87-year history of ...

The Peru, Indiana, native graduated from Ball State in 1968 as the university's most outstanding senior and earned a master's degree in 1971. A former high school athletic director and coach, Shipley ...