Athletics Hall of Fame
Enstice played baseball, basketball and football. He is considered one of Union’s “Big Four” in the backfield and stories called him ”one of the best players in Union football history.” He was a key star of the 1942 team. He earned a Bronze Star, five battle stars, and a Purple Heart in World War II in March, 1945, and returned to Union after the war. Enstice signed a contract with Detroit Lions in 1948 and was named to the UPI All-Upstate Football All-Star Team. He played basketball in 1942-43, and baseball in 1946-48, and batted .400 in 1946, receiving contract offers from the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs, but was forbidden from playing other sports after signing with the Lions. He was named the Clarence “Citizen of the Year’ in 1979.
