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George E. Rody
George Edward Rody (1899 - September 13, 1956) was the team captain and leading scorer of the 1921–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, which is recognized as the first national championship basketball team at the University of Kansas. He later served as head basketball and baseball coach at Oklahoma A&M University and head basketball coach at Tulane University. Early life Rody grew up in Downs, Kansas, and graduated from Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri in 1918. At Wentworth, Rody served as a First Lieutenant in Company B. He lettered in baseball and basketball, leading the basketball team to a conference championship and a 9 and 4 record, including a victory over Park College. Athletic career Player Rody entered the University of Kansas in the fall of 1918, and earned three letters each in basketball and baseball. As a pitcher on the baseball nine, he helped the team to Missouri Valley Conference championships in both 1921 and 1922. As a senior forwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921–22 Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball Team
The 1921–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Phog Allen, coaching in his fifth overall season with the Jayhawks. The team finished the season with a 16–2 record and was retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation. This was Kansas' first of two consecutive Helms national championships. Team captain and senior forward George E. Rody led the team and the Missouri Valley Conference in scoring with a 14.7 average.Spalding’s Official Basketball Guide for 1922-23, pp. 74–75 Rody was awarded the “first team captaincy” of the All Conference team, the forerunner of the Conference “Most Valuable Player” award. Junior Paul Endacott was also named first team All Conference and was retroactively declared a consensus All-American by the Helms Foundation. The team also included standout sophomore Charlie T. Black and rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma State Cowboys
The Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls are the college athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, Oklahoma State University, located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Stillwater. The program's mascot is a cowboy named Pistol Pete (Oklahoma State University), Pistol Pete. Oklahoma State participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s NCAA Division I, Division I NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The university's current athletic director is Chad Weiberg, who replaced the retiring Mike Holder on July 1, 2021. In total, Oklahoma State has 52 NCAA team national titles, which List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships, ranks fourth in most NCAA team national championships. These national titles have come in College wrestling, wrestling (34), golf (11), basketball (2), baseball (1), and cross country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Mosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 Births
Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a customs office in Puerto Alonso, leading to the Brazilian settlers there to declare the Republic of Acre in a revolt against Bolivian authorities. **The first part of the Jakarta Kota–Anyer Kidul railway on the island of Java is opened between Batavia Zuid ( Jakarta Kota) and Tangerang. * January 3 – Hungarian Prime Minister Dezső Bánffy fights an inconclusive duel with his bitter enemy in parliament, Horánszky Nándor. * January 4 – **U.S. President William McKinley's declaration of December 21, 1898, proclaiming a policy of benevolent assimilation of the Philippines as a United States territory, is announced in Manila by the U.S. commander, General Elwell Otis, and angers independence activists who had fought against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 NCAA Baseball Season
The 1930 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1930. Play largely consisted of regional matchups, some organized by conferences, and ended in June. No national championship event was held until 1947. Conference changes *Six northeastern schools formed the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League, a forerunner of the Ivy League. These teams were: Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn, Princeton, and Yale Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wor .... Conference winners This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1930 season. Conference standings The following is an incomplete list of conference standings: References {{NCAA Division I basebal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma State Cowboys Baseball
Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball is the NCAA Division I varsity intercollegiate baseball team of Oklahoma State University, based in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. The team competes in the Big 12 Conference. The Cowboys' current head coach is Josh Holliday. Oklahoma State is a historically elite program, with the fifth-best win percentage, 14th-most wins, sixth-most College World Series wins, sixth-most College World Series appearances, and fourth-most NCAA Tournament appearances in college baseball history, as of June 14, 2021. The program has accumulated a better all-time win percentage and more wins, regular season conference championships, conference tournament championships, All-Americans, NCAA Tournament appearances, NCAA Tournament wins, College World Series appearances, College World Series Finals appearances, College World Series wins, and College Baseball Hall of Famers than any school in the Big 12 besides Texas. Oklahoma State has won 24 conference championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932–33 NCAA Men's Basketball Season
The 1932–33 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1932, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1933. Rule changes * To reduce stalling, a mid-court line is introduced: After crossing it, a team on offense was not permitted to move the ball back across the line. Previously, teams on offense could use the entire court to spread the defense thin, and often played keep-away without trying to score, leading to dull, low-scoring games. * A player with the ball was prohibited from standing in the free-throw lane (also known as the "key") for more than three seconds. * The number of referees increased from one to two. Season headlines * The Eastern Intercollegiate Conference began play, with five original members. * The Southeastern Conference began play, with 13 original members. * In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Kentucky as its national champion for the 1932–33 season. * In 1995, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931–32 NCAA Men's Basketball Season
The 1931–32 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1931, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1932. Season headlines * The Border Conference began play, with five original members. * Purdue senior guard John Wooden became the first three-time All-American. * In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Purdue as its national champion for the 1931–32 season. * In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Purdue as its national champion for the 1931–32 season. Conference membership changes Regular season Conference winners and tournaments Statistical leaders Awards Consensus All-American team Major player of the year awards * Helms Player of the Year: John Wooden, Purdue Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA). Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Established in 1921, the Southern Conference ranks as the fifth-oldest major college athletic conference in the United States, and either the third- or fourth-oldest in continuous operation, depending on definitions. Among conferences currently in operation, the Big Ten (1896) and Missouri Valley (1907) are indisputably older. The Pac-12 Conference did not operate under its current charter until 1959, but claims the history of the Pacific Coast Conference, founded in 1915, as its own. The Southwest Conference (SWC) was founded in 1914, but ceased operation in 1996. The Big Eight Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulane Green Wave Men's Basketball
The Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team represents Tulane University in NCAA Division I college basketball. The team competes in the American Athletic Conference. They play home games on campus in Devlin Fieldhouse, the 9th-oldest active basketball venue in the nation. The team's last appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was in 1995. Tulane is the only school from the original Metro Conference that remained in the conference through its 1975 founding, the 1991 breakup that saw several schools form the Great Midwest Conference, the 1995 reunification that created today's Conference USA, and the 2004 realignment of conferences. It rejoined many of its previous conference mates when it became a member of the American Athletic Conference in 2014. History Tulane's men's basketball team played its first game on December 9, 1905. The program fell victim to one of the biggest scandals of the 1980s in college sports when four players, including star forwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930–31 NCAA Men's Basketball Season
The 1930–31 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1930, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1931. Rule changes If the player with the ball is guarded closely and withholds the ball from play for five seconds, a "held ball" can be called. Season headlines * In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Northwestern as its national champion for the 1930–31 season. * In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Northwestern as its national champion for the 1930–31 season. Regular season Conference winners and tournaments Statistical leaders Awards Consensus All-American team Major player of the year awards * Helms Player of the Year: Bart Carlton Milas Barton Carlton (February 6, 1908 – October 12, 1993) was an standout American college basketball player at Ada Teachers College (later named East Central University) in Ada, Oklahoma during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929–30 NCAA Men's Basketball Season
The 1929–30 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1929, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1930. Rules changes * The practice of enclosing basketball courts in chicken wire, chain-link fencing, or rope — giving basketball the nickname "the cage game" — ended. Intended to increase the tempo of play by keeping the ball from going out of bounds, to protect players and rowdy spectators from each another, and to prevent fans from throwing objects onto the court, the use of these "cages" had led to rough physical play in which players body-checked each other into the barrier, resulting in injuries. The slang term "cager" for a basketball player derives from the use of these "cages." * The number of referees increased from one to two. Season headlines *Pittsburgh defeated Montana State 37–36 in what was billed as a national championship game. * In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
