George Lenc was a 1939 graduate who started for four years in football, basketball, and track and for one year in baseball. Through his four years of hard athletic work, Lenc earned 13 letters.
Some of his many honors include: All-Conference and All-State end in football from 1936-38, three years on the Illinois College Conference Mythical Little All-American football team, football Co-Captain in 1938, Most Outstanding and Valuable Player in conference in 1936 and 1938, and a record holder in the high jump and javelin.
Lenc enlisted in the army on his 24th birthday, March 17, 1941, but after having achieved the rank of sergeant with the 123rd field artillery, he requested a transfer to the air force. He was completing his cadet training as a bombardier and navigator in Spokane, Washington when his bomber crashed near Pasco, Washington at 12:30 in the afternoon on November 16, 1942. Lenc and another member of the four-man crew were killed.
Lenc’s many achievements have earned him the right to be inducted into the Hall of Honor.
