Hall of Fame
BIOGRAPHY
BILL DOWNS '61
A great two-sport star, Bill Downs captained the great CC State Championship Basketball team of 1961 as well as the 1960 Catholic League Champion Football team. In basketball* Bill earned All-Catholic, All-State and All-American honors and in football earned both All-Catholic and All-State accolades. As a senior, he won the Sam Madden Award given by the Detroit Catholic League to the outstanding Student/Athlete. He culininated his CC career by winning the coveted Fr. James Whelan Award as the outstanding Scholar/Athlete/Gent[eman in 1961. After leaving CC, Bill went on to be an outstanding collegiate basketball player at the University of Detroit.
SPORTS Basketball 1960-61 Football 1959-60 Track 1960-61
