Hall of Honor
Beloit native Joe Tamulis arrived on campus with impressive prep credentials and proceeded to expand upon them on the intercollegiate level. He earned all-conference and all-state basketball recognition during three varsity seasons including first team berths in both as a junior and senior. A high-scoring center who was a dominant offensive factor and a defensive stalwart, “Jumping Joe” was Beloit’s leader in field-goal and free-throw percentage and helped the 1938 club to the school’s best showing in 14 years – a 12-4 record and second-place finish in the conference. He tallied a team-high 183 points that season and netted 161 as a senior, when he was captain. A versatile three-year man in track, he competed in the shot put, discus, high and broad jump, and javelin, and placed in the broad jump as a sophomore in the first Beloit Relays. Tamulis served two years as football trainer and was recipient of the Outstanding Senior Athlete Award. He was a biochemistry graduate student at the University of Wisconsin before entering the Marine Corps. A decorated veteran of World War II and Korea, he retired as a colonel after nearly 40 years in the active reserves. Tamulis presently is regional sales manager of the chemical division of Eagle Picher Industries in LaGrange, Illinois.
