Hall of Fame
Ott earned three letters each in football and basketball and also participated in track from 1931-34. Playing both offensive and defensive end, Ott gained All-Ohio honors twice and All-Buckeye Conference honors three times.
The 1932 and 1933 football teams were Buckeye Conference champions. He was selected as a member of Miami's All-Time Gridiron Greats in 1958. In the dedication basketball game of Withrow Court, Ott was a starting guard along with Walter Alston.
He received honorable mention on the All-Buckeye Conference basketball team. He served three years as a high school coach to Oberlin and 34 years at Bowling Green High School where at one time or another he served as head coach in football, basketball, track and cross country.
Ott's teammates at Miami nicknamed him "Chisel" because he played football without a helmet, hip pads and thigh pads. At BGHS his associate coaches and former athletes nicknamed him "The Bull."
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1973.
