MEADVILLE — In the early 1970s, Doug Goodman built up quite a body of work as a member of the Freeport football team — he just doesn’t have the hardware to prove it.

Goodman compiled a strong resume on the football field for the Yellowjackets, helping the squad reach the 1972 WPIAL Class A championship game — and he did likewise in track and field. For his efforts, he will be inducted into the Armstrong County Hall of Fame April 28 at Laube Hall.

“In high school, I never got any awards as an honorable mention,” laughed Goodman, “not even AIC, let alone the WPIAL.”

Goodman, who will turn 58 next month, was a three-year letterwinner for the Yellowjackets. His leadership played a key role in that 1972 season, where he played center and defensive tackle.

The squad defeated Washington in the semifinal game, but lost to Beaver in the championship.

“We were 10-0 at that point, but we dropped our last game and they didn’t have any state playoffs back then,” Goodman noted.

Goodman also excelled in the javelin. Again, as a three-year letterman, he set what was then a school-record of 191 feet, 8 inches and went on to win the WPIAL title in the spring of 1973.

“My junior year, I started coming on and broke the school record,” Goodman said. “Then, I broke my record my senior year. It stood quite a long time.

“You consider 70 yards is about 200 feet, so once you get over 190 feet, that’s quite a chuck,” he added.

When Goodman hit Edinboro University, he really hit his stride.

In football, he started as a true freshman and lettered all four years at center. As a senior, he was selected as a team captain and earned first-team all-PSAC and NAIA first-team honors.

As for track, he earned three letters and threw for a personal-best 212 feet.

“I got an education because of (football),” Goodman said. “The PSAC was very competitive and I got to start as a freshman. I worked hard and stayed healthy.”

Ironically, Freeport teammate George “Butch” Aggen, who graduated a year before Goodman, is also being inducted in this year’s class.

The two would also face off against each other as Aggen went to IUP.

“He redshirted his freshman year and we went four years head-to-head,” Goodman said. He was a nose guard and I was a center. In the summers, we worked out together. Those are the memories created that mean the most.”

Goodman graduated with a B.A. in economics with a concentration on business. After leaving Edinboro, he spent years in sales, starting with insurance for 10 years before going to work for one of his customers for a number of years.

Since 1998, he’s been working in sales for an international steel company, now named Bohler-Uddeholm, based in Austria.

Goodman runs a small warehouse in Meadville — where he lives with his wife of 33 years, Dixie. The couple have two grown children, Megan and Makenzie.

The honor of being named to the Hall of Fame makes things come full circle for Goodman, knowing his days in Freeport was the beginning.

“It is special. It’s been 40 years, but someone still remembers me,” Goodman said. “It’s a nice feeling.

“It’s where it all started. I feel very fortunate to have played for Freeport. Coach Don Earley was a great coach and we got great support from his staff.”

Notes: Tickets for the Armstrong County Hall of Fame can be purchased by calling Dennis Wolfe at 724-882-3557. ... The 2012-13 High School Student-Athlete honorees for Armstrong County include Freeport’s Kayla Zboran and Brendan Lynch and Karns City’s Lacee Scheerbaum and Matt Slagle.