On this Veterans Day, we take a look back at the legendary life of Fred Norton, a three-sport star for Ohio State who gave his life for his country in World War I.
In the fall of 1918, the large American flag that flew above University Hall was hardly ever raised to full mast because news of Ohio State students dying in the Great War reached campus nearly every other day. At 4:30 each afternoon, all activity ceased on the Oval as Orton Hall’s bells pealed out “Carmen Ohio.” As the last notes of the alma mater echoed away, a lone bugler filled the air with the haunting notes of “Taps.