University of North Dakota Athletics

  Caldis came to UND from Thief River Falls, Minn., to further his education and plans of becoming a lawyer. He became an excellent football back and competed one year each in basketball and track. In football he lettered three years in 1939-41 as a right halfback on offense and cornerback on defense. Among the football honors he achieved were being elected co-captain in 1941 and being named North Dakota's most improved player as a sophomore. His basketball letter was in 1939 and track was in 1941. Following his Sioux football career he graduated in 1942 with a degree in commerce and then was invited to tryout with the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles pro teams, but didn't play because he was forced in to the U.S. Navy.