Chadron State College Athletics

Originally from Lead, S.D., Mantalica earned all-conference honors in both football and basketball at Chadron State. Both teams won conference championships his final year in 1933. The football team he quarterbacked was 6-1 in ’33, losing only to the University of Colorado. Mantalica graduated from Loyola University School of Law in 1941. Following service in the Navy in World War II, he practiced law in the Los Angeles area and was involved in many civic activities. He received CSC’s Distinguished Service Award in 1985.