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Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans
__NOTOC__ The Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans were players who competed in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) between 1920–21 and 1967–68 and were chosen as the best players in the league during their respective seasons. Founded in 1888, the Amateur Athletic Union is one of the largest non-profit, volunteer, sports organizations in the United States. It is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. The era between 1921 and 1968 is referred to as the "Golden Era" of AAU basketball while companies began vying for players to compete on their teams. There was a great allure to playing AAU basketball besides job security; by remaining in the AAU as opposed to the National Basketball League or American Basketball Association, players were able to retain their "amateur" status. Only amateurs were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games, and many AAU basketball alumni went on to compete for the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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AAU most commonly refers to: * Association of American Universities, a selective group of 65 major research universities in North America AAU may also refer to: Education * Aalborg University, in Denmark * Academy of Art University, in San Francisco, California, United States * Addis Ababa University, in Ethiopia * Allied American University, Laguna Hills, California, United States * Alpen-Adria-University of Klagenfurt, in Austria * Anand Agricultural University, in Anand, Gujarat, India * Anglo-American University, in Prague, Czech Republic * Antillean Adventist University, in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico * Assam Agricultural University, in Jorhat, Assam, India * Association of African Universities Healthcare * Acute assessment unit, in a UK hospital * Acute anterior uveitis, an inflammation of the middle layer of the eye Other uses * AAU, a codon for the amino acid asparagine * Abau language, a language of Papua New Guinea * Allgemeine Arbeiter-Union – Einheitsorganisation, a G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shorty Carpenter
Gordon "Shorty" Carpenter (September 24, 1919 – March 8, 1988) was an American basketball player, and part of gold medal winning American basketball team at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Born in Ash Flat, Arkansas and nicknamed ''Shorty'' despite his 6-foot, 6 inch frame, Carpenter played his college basketball at the Arkansas Razorbacks, University of Arkansas, where he was an All-Southwest Conference performer in 1943. He later played Amateur Athletic Union, AAU basketball for both the Phillips 66ers and Denver Chevrolets, making AAU All-American teams each year from 1943 to 1947. He coached the United States men's national basketball team at the 1950 FIBA World Championship, winning the silver medal. Carpenter was named to the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and the Helms Athletic Hall of Fame. Following his playing career, he became a Official (basketball), referee with the Big Eight Conference. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Tomsic
Ronald Paul Tomsic (born April 3, 1933) is an American former basketball player. Tomsic, a guard born in Oakland, California, played college basketball at Stanford University from 1951–1955. A three-time All-PCC selection, he scored 1,416 points in his Stanford career, the most in school history at the time. He scored 40 points in a game against USC in 1955, sixth on the school's single-game scoring list, and still holds Stanford's single-season field goal attempts record. His name appears near the top of many other Stanford basketball scoring records. Following his graduation from Stanford, Tomsic was drafted by the Syracuse Nationals in the 1955 NBA draft but did not play in the NBA. He played AAU basketball for the San Francisco Olympic Club, and in 1956, was selected to be on the United States national basketball team for the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Jeangerard
Robert Eugene Jeangerard (June 20, 1933 – July 5, 2014) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Jeangerard played collegiately at the University of Colorado. He then played for the Phillips 66ers in the NIBL (National Industrial Basketball League). The Phillips 66ers won the Olympic Trials in 1956, and Jeangerard was one of five players from the Phillips 66ers selected for the 1956 Olympic team, along with their coach, Gerald Tucker. Bill Russell and K.C.Jones, two-time NCAA Champions from the University of San Francisco, were also on the 1956 Olympic team, which won the gold medal. Jeangerard also served in the U.S. Air Force, started his own chain of tire stores, became a lawyer for his stores, and started the Jeangerard Foundation which raised money for national parks. A long-time resident of San Carlos, California, Jeangerard died on July 5, 2014, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease Alzheim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burdette Haldorson
Burdette Eliele "Burdie" Haldorson (born January 12, 1934) is a former American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. Haldorson played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes. He was part of the American basketball team that won the gold medal in 1956. He never played professionally, but was a member of the AAU Phillips 66ers for a number of years. Four years later, in 1960, he won his second gold medal as part of the American team. He was inducted into the Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor during the 2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament, March 10, 2012. , Pac-12 Conference, February 7, 2012 References External links ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Darling
:''A fictional character named Chuck Darling was in the comedy series Back to You.'' Charles Frick Darling (March 20, 1930 – April 6, 2021) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Denison, Iowa, Darling played collegiately at the University of Iowa. He was selected by the Rochester Royals in the first round of the 1952 NBA draft, but chose not to pursue a career in professional basketball. Instead, he was a member of the American basketball team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1956. He was a member of the Des Moines Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. He died in Littleton, Colorado Littleton is a home rule municipality city located in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistica ... at the age of 91. References External links * 1930 births 2021 deaths All-American college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Boushka
Richard James Boushka (July 29, 1934 – February 19, 2019) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Springfield, Illinois, Boushka played collegiately at Saint Louis University. In addition to his play on the gold-medal winning 1956 American Olympic team, he was a member of the American team in the 1959 Pan American Games and was a standout player for the Wichita Kansas) Vickers of the AAU. Boushka eventually became the president of team sponsor Vickers Petroleum. Boushka was named to the Saint Louis Billikens All Century Team. He was on the team with other Saint Louis players such as Jordair Jett, Anthony Bonner, and Larry Hughes. Investments After parimutuel gambling was legalized in Kansas in 1986, Boushka approached RD Hubbard Rd is an abbreviation for road. RD or Rd may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * '' Real Drive'', an anime by Production I.G * RD (group), a British girl group also known as Ruff Diamondz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball At The 1952 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. 23 nations entered the competition. The top six teams at the 1948 Summer Olympics qualified automatically, as did the winners of the 1950 FIBA World Championship (Argentina), the top two teams at the 1951 EuroBasket (USSR and Czechoslovakia), and the host country (Finland). Thirteen other nations competed in a preliminary round to determine the last six places in the sixteen-team Olympic tournament. Medalists Results Preliminary round Nations that lost two games in the preliminary tournaments were eliminated. When there were only two teams left in each group, those teams advanced to the main tournament. Group A =First Round= * Cuba def. Belgium, 59–51 * Bulgaria def. Switzerland, 69–58 =Second Round= Bulgaria's victory earned it a berth in the main tournament, while Switzerland's second loss eliminated them. * Bulgaria def. Cuba, 62–56 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howie Williams (basketball)
Howard Earl "Howie" Williams (October 29, 1927 – December 25, 2004) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Williams played collegiately at Purdue University where he was a 2x All-Big Ten guard (1948–49, 1949–50); he was selected as the Purdue team MVP in his junior and senior seasons and as Team Captain in 1949-50; posting a career total of 735 points (10.0 game avg). He led the Big Ten Conference in Free Throw Percentage (85.7%) for the 1948-49 season. He was a 3rd Round pick of the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1950 NBA draft but chose instead to sign a contract with the Peoria Caterpillars of the American Athletic Union and the National Industrial Basketball League. The Caterpillars finished 4th in the NIBL but won the National AAU title (the first of three consecutive titles), knocking off the regular season champions, the Phillips Oilers in the semi-finals on Williams last second bucket. Williams and the rest of the Caterpillar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Pippin
Dan Luther Pippin (October 20, 1926 – April 1, 1965) was an American basketball player who played for the University of Missouri. He later captained the American basketball team at the 1952 Summer Olympics that won the gold medal in Helsinki. He played in all eight games. After Pippin graduated from the University of Missouri he went to work for the Caterpillar Tractor Company in Peoria, Illinois, and played for the National Industrial Basketball League The National Industrial Basketball League was founded in 1947 to enable U.S. mill workers a chance to compete in basketball. The league was founded by the industrial teams (teams sponsored by the large companies and made up of their employees) be ... team it sponsored, the Peoria Cats. Pippin later moved to New Mexico where he engaged in the insurance business before returning to his native Missouri. He committed suicide in 1965. References External linksDaniel Pippin at databaseOlympics.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank McCabe (basketball)
Frank Reilly McCabe (June 30, 1927 – April 18, 2021) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, McCabe played collegiately at Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Henni, John Martin .... He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played six matches. References 1927 births 2021 deaths Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Grand Rapids, Michigan Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball players Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball Peoria Caterpillars players United States men's national basketball team players American men's basketball players Forwards (basketball) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Bontemps
Ronald Yngve Bontemps (August 11, 1926 – May 13, 2017) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Taylorville, Illinois and attended Beloit College. He was a captain of the United States men's basketball team, which won the gold medal in the 1952 Olympic Games. He played in all eight games. Bontemps died on May 13, 2017 in Peoria, Illinois, aged 90. Early life Born in Taylorville, Illinois on August 11, 1926, to Carl and Katherine (McBride), Ron Bontemps attended Taylorville High School. Bontemps grew up a few blocks from childhood friend and teammate Johnny Orr, who would later embark on a storied collegiate coaching career. At Taylorville High School, Bontemps was a First-Team All-State player, as was Johnny Orr. Taylorville had a 45–0 streak and won the 1944 Illinois high school state championship under Coach Dolph Stanley. In the championship game, a 56–33 victory over Elgin High School, Bontemps was the leading score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
