IN 1963, TED GLAUB WAS THE CENTER ON RECTOR'S ‘CLASS A’ JUNIOR HIGH STATE CHAMPIONS.
IN HIS THREE (3) YEARS OF SENIOR HIGH BASKETBALL, TED WAS A PLAYER ON GOOD TEAMS THAT WON A TOTAL OF 90 GAMES, WHICH INCLUDED 2 STATE SEMIFINALISTS AND A STATE RUNNER-UP WHILE PLAYING WHAT A JONESBORO SUN SPORTS WRITER IN 1966 WROTE WAS PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST CLASS A SCHEDULE IN THE STATE. IN 1966, TED WAS THE STARTING CENTER IN EVERY GAME. TED WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS REBOUNDING ABILITY, HIS DEFENSIVE PROWESS, AND HIS TOTALLY UNSELFISH PLAY. IT IS VERY INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT DURING HIS PLAYING CAREER, TED PLAYED WITH TEAMMATES WHO WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR EXCELLENT SHOOTING ABILITY. WHAT IS REALLY NOTEWORTHY IS THAT TED HAD THE HIGHEST FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE OF ANY PLAYER DURING COACH BUCY’S 15 YEAR TENURE AT RECTOR HIGH SCHOOL. COACH BUCY STATED THAT THE REASON FOR THIS WAS THAT “HE TOOK ONLY GOOD SHOTS.” CLEARLY, HE MADE MANY OF THEM. IT WAS REPORTED THAT TED SCORED 26 POINTS IN THE 1ST STATE TOURNEY GAME IN 1966 AND AVERAGED 15.7 FOR THE TOURNAMENT. ON TWO OCCASIONS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE SEMI-FINAL LOSS, THE LAST TIME WITH ABOUT 10 SECONDS TO GO, HE SCORED BASKETS TO CUT ST ANNES LEAD TO 3 POINTS. RHS WON 30 GAMES AND THE LOSS ENDED AN 18 GAME WINNING STREAK. COACH BUCY STATED: “HE WAS A VERY VALUABLE PLAYER FOR US AND I THOUGHT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SELECTED ON THE ALL-STATE TEAM.” TED HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN IN THE FARMING INDUSTRY. ALSO, HE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE RECTOR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS HALL OF FAME. IN ADDITION TO SERVING ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SINCE THE BOARD’S INCEPTION IN 2009, TED HAS SERVED AS VICE-PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION. HE HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNDING OF TWO ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS: THE ALLAN K. PRUETT SCHOLARSHIP AND THE GATEWOOD & GLAUB HONOR AND MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. |