Hall of Fame
Plank began his football career under Paul Brown as an end at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in 1944 and then earned three letters as a defensive tackle at Miami under Sid Gillman, George Blackburn and Woody Hayes. Following graduation in 1950, he served five years as head football coach at Grove City High School in Ohio. He then joined John Pont as an assistant coach and spent the next 22 years in collegiate football at Miami, Yale, Indiana and Northwestern.
His long association with Pont began his senior year when he captained the football team for the Redskins. Plank played in the 1947 Sun Bowl and helped coach in the 1962 Tangerine Bowl while at Miami and was an assistant coach at Indiana for the 1968 Rose Bowl.
He went on to become as a scout for the San Francisco 49ers.
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