Bill, the son of a carpenter, was born on June 25th, 1926 in Yuma, Arizona. His parents moved here from Alabama for the therapeutic benefits of the dry heat.  At the age of 8, Bill started working with his father to support their family. His first job was digging ditches with the construction crew. Bill kept working with the construction crew to the age of 17.

After 5 years of digging ditches, at the age of 13, Bill got into his first fight. This fight involved an 18yr bully. Bill proved, overwhelmingly, that he was not to be bullied again. It was at this time that Bill, a reserved and quiet youth, found he was a fighter, in more ways than one. He started boxing and added a daily weight routine to his already physical job. His first weight set was created out of two 5 gallon buckets filled with concrete and wired to 3/4 inch pipe for the bar. Daily, even weekends, Bill would dig, move concrete, load dump trucks by shovel, attend school and also lift weights.

Bill continued to prove himself a fighter, in all aspects of his life.
At the age of 17 Bill enlisted in the army when our country needed him for WW2. He trained at Camp Roberts as an infantry man until a call was made for special troops. His troop was approached for volunteers to join the Paratroopers, out of 60 men, 3 stepped forward to the challenge. Bill was one of those 3.
Bill was in numerous Airborne Divisions including the 17th, 101st and was a replacements of the 13th until he became a member of the 82nd during the War where he made numerous drops into war zones for his Country.

Following the end of the war, Bill was singled out for his fitness, strength and boxing abilities to become a needed M.P. It was with this calling that he was sent to Paris, France to help maintain peace post war. During Bill’s Military Police career, he continued Boxing, studying Judo and running 20 mile trips every other day.

When he arrived back home to Yuma, AZ he went back to High School and finished his High School education. It was at this time that Bill decided to turn his back on a professional boxing opportunity and the advancements of a national boxing promoter to go to College. With the assistance of the G.I. Bill, he went to Arizona State University to earn his College Degree in Engineering. During College Bill continued daily weight lifting, Boxing, Wrestling and Football.
Upon earning his Engineering Degree, Bill started work on his Masters Degree. However, he was called upon again - this time as an inactive reservist to serve in the Korean War.

Bill and his wife Beryl moved to Pittsburg, CA to fulfill his duty for his country and returned home. This time utilizing his experiences of Military Police, he decided to become a Phoenix Police Officer. It was when Bill was serving as a police officer that his father asked him to help in the family construction business. Bill honored his father's wishes and went back to the business. As history would repeat itself for Bill, he started from the ground up (literally) in the business. He started with those digging ditches, and all jobs before overseeing the entire operation.

As he grew his family's construction business to great heights, Bill found himself getting a pilots license, becoming a learned navigator, a yachtsmen and a bicyclist.
He would take his bicycle with him on business and pleasure trips. He went on with his cycling to achieve a “Masters” cycling status and awards too numerous to list.
(You can find a list of them at the bottom of this page.)

To this day, Bill lifts weights one hour daily and bicycles up to 50 miles a day, six days a week. He is a retired Veteran, Boxer, Pilot, Navigator, Police Officer, Engineer, and a Carpenter.
Bill is a Husband; a Father of three daughters; and Grandfather of five grandsons and two granddaughters; a Grandfather of three granddaughters and one grandson.
And Bill is a Master Cyclist dedicated to helping those in need at Crossroads Mission.
 

Cycling Events

1.  Arizona State Road Champ- 1984 -55+ -USCF
2.  Arizona State Road Champ- 1988 -55+USCF
3. Arizona State Time Trial Camp -1984 -55+ USCF
4.  Arizona State Biathlon Champ- 1988 -60+ -Senior Olympic
5. Wyoming State Time Trial Champ- 1988 -60+ Senior Olympics
6. Wyoming State Road Race Champ- 1988 -60+ Senior Olympics
7. Prescott, Arizona- Skull Valley Road Race- 45 Miles, 1st Place- Master Division- 1988
8. Brawley, California- Triathlon- 1st Place Corporation Team 1988
9. United States National Senior Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri- 1989 Placed (2) Third places, (1) fourth place and (1) sixth place, out of 4 races.
10. World Games in Saint George, UT- 1989. Placed 2nd in Time Trial, 3rd in Criterium and 5th in Road Race.
11. Oklahoma State Senior Games 1989 Concord/San Francisco, CA 1st Place Gold Medal in time trial- 2nd Place Silver.
12. World Corporate Games 1989 Concord/San Francisco, CA 1st Place Gold Medal in time trial, 2nd place Silver Medal in road race.
13. USCF District Championship time trials in Wilcox, Arizona. Won Silver Medal- 1989
14. San Diego Senior Olympics- Gold Medalist in time trial- 1990
15. Arizona State Senior Olympics- Gold Medalist in Phoenix, AZ, 1990, 20 mile bicycle race.
16. Arizona State Senior Olympics- Gold Medalist in Phoenix, AZ,1991, 10 mile bicycle race.
17. World Games in Utah took 1st place six (6) times in Mountain Biking
18. World Games in San Francisco took 1st place Breaking national record by 9 seconds.
19. San Diego to Yuma Race, 45 yrs- 12 hours and 13 minutes.
    (Record has not been broken since 1991)

Other Races Include:
 Master National in Pensacola, FL (Time trial and road race.)
 Spenco 500 in Waco, Texas
 Arizona Challenge, Scottsdale AZ, 325 mile race.
 Casa Grande, Arizona Classic, 60 mile race 20th place out of 400 in All Ages.
 Tucson Double Century, All Ages, 7th place
 100 Mile Time Trial, Yuma AZ, All Ages, 4th place.
 Yuma Loop Race 200 Miles, All Ages, 4th place.
 Others too numerous to list.