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FRED SHISLERAthlete, Lansdale High School, 1952 Basketball, Track and Field |
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Fred spent all of his 12 educational years in the Lansdale School system. He was a two sport athlete, basketball and track at Lansdale H. S. Coach Ken Poust thought he would make a good end on the football team, but his mother said “no” to football. In track Fred ran on the mile relay team, half mile relay team (4X220 relay) and the running broad jump. In his junior year he won the Bux-Mont broad jump championship. His senior year he took second place in the broad jump which helped Lansdale win the championship by one quarter of a point. Fred was a member of mile relay team that won the Bux-Mont League mile relay at the Penn Relays during a rain storm his senior year. In basketball Fred was high scorer for Lansdale his senior year and received first team all Bux-Mont honors. His senior year he was basketball captain and received The Lions Club Trophy Award. Fred was sixth in his class academically and was class president 1950, 1951 &1952. He won the WNAR Athlete of the year award in 1952. He continued his education at Gettysburg College graduating in 1956 with an AB degree. After college he continued his education at Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia and received his MD degree in 1960. Following an internship at The Reading Hospital, Fred spent two years in the US Air Force. He was assigned to the dispensary at Stewart AFB, New York. Upon his discharge he spent the rest of his career as a staff physician at the Lansdale Medical Group (1963 – 1999) After retiring in 1999 Fred took up tennis and is currently playing doubles three to four days a week. Fred lives in Lansdale with his wife Terry of fifty years. Terry and Fred enjoy traveling the US and taking trips abroad. They have two children and five grandchildren who live close by. |
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