Carl Troester is another 1987 inductee who grew up in Kirksville. Between 1933-37 he earned eleven letters as a Bulldog, four in football, four in tennis and three in basketball. He was glue-fingered, All-Conference end on the 1936 football team, captain of the tennis team in 1935 and 1936 and captain and a guard on the basketball team. Opponents described him as a very good all-around basketball player. Mr. Troester says his biggest thrill as a Bulldog athlete was catching a pass against the Missouri Tigers and playing more than he though was possible as a freshman. He says his biggest disappointment was not earning a basketball letter as a freshman. Don Faurot explained to him that Faurot had so many seniors and lettermen that he couldn't justify lettering him, something they joked about in later years. After graduation in 1937 with a B.S.E. degree, Mr. Troester taught physical education at the university and then went to Missouri in 1938 as a part-time instructor and assistant freshman football coach under Faurot. After receiving an M.A. degree in 1938 from Missouri, he went to Willimantic Connecticut Teachers College, where he was Dean of Men and Head of the Health and Physical Education Department. He also coached football and basketball at the University of Connecticut. In 1943 he received an Ed.D. degree from Columbia University, at that time the youngest person ever to be awarded the doctor's degree. In the next few years, he served as an assistant in health and physical education at the Teachers College of Columbia University, state consultant in health, physical education and recreation for the Connecticut Department of Education and professor of education and physical education at Syracuse University. Dr. Troester was appointed executive secretary of The American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation of the NEA in 1948. In 1958 he founded the International Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation and has been its secretary general for the past 30 years.
Carl Troester is another 1987 inductee who grew up in Kirksville. Between 1933-37 he earned eleven letters as a Bulldog, four in football, four in tennis and three in basketball. He was glue-fingered, All-Conference end on the 1936 football team, captain of the tennis team in 1935 and 1936 and captain and a guard on the basketball team. Opponents described him as a very good all-around basketball player. Mr. Troester says his biggest thrill as a Bulldog athlete was catching a pass against the Missouri Tigers and playing more than he though was possible as a freshman. He says his biggest disappointment was not earning a basketball letter as a freshman. Don Faurot explained to him that Faurot had so many seniors and lettermen that he couldn't justify lettering him, something they joked about in later years. After graduation in 1937 with a B.S.E. degree, Mr. Troester taught physical education at the university and then went to Missouri in 1938 as a part-time instructor and assistant freshman football coach under Faurot. After receiving an M.A. degree in 1938 from Missouri, he went to Willimantic Connecticut Teachers College, where he was Dean of Men and Head of the Health and Physical Education Department. He also coached football and basketball at the University of Connecticut. In 1943 he received an Ed.D. degree from Columbia University, at that time the youngest person ever to be awarded the doctor's degree. In the next few years, he served as an assistant in health and physical education at the Teachers College of Columbia University, state consultant in health, physical education and recreation for the Connecticut Department of Education and professor of education and physical education at Syracuse University. Dr. Troester was appointed executive secretary of The American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation of the NEA in 1948. In 1958 he founded the International Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation and has been its secretary general for the past 30 years.
