University of North Dakota Athletics

  Tait came to UND from Bismarck, N.D., and had an outstanding basketball and football career in 1932-35. He was a standout basketball forward for the late Clem Letich and played right end for Coach C.A. (Jack) West on Sioux championship teams. The football teams he played won 17, lost 7 and tied 1 and won the NCC championship his senior season and finished close second the other two seasons. The basketball teams won 46, lost 9 over his three-year career and won one conference championship. After his Sioux career and graduating in 1937 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce he played semi-pro Bismarck Phantoms in 1936 and 1937 as a forward.