Mr. Secory was a professional baseball player for eleven years with Detroit, Cincinnati and Chicago Cubs organizations. He played for the Cubs in the 1945 World Series.
He then became an umpire in baseball's National League. During his nineteen years of officiating, he umpired four World Series and five All-Star games.
A member of the WMU Athletic Hall of Fame, he received the "Umpire of the Year" award presented annually by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.