Lee A. "Rubberlegs" Guttero (July 1, 1913 – August 29, 2004) was an American
basketball
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player who was the
University of Southern California
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's first two-time
NCAA All-American
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.
Guttero, a
center
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from
California
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, played for the Trojans from 1932–33 to 1934–35 and led the team in scoring every season. He guided them to three consecutive
Pacific Coast Conference
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championships, and during his tenure USC compiled an overall record of 54–19. Guttero was named an All-American in 1934, then a consensus All-American in
1935
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* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
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. He also earned three all-conference selections, and in his
senior
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season of 1934–35 he set a still-standing school record by scoring 34.6% of his team's points. USC enshrined him into their Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002.
He died on August 29, 2004 due to
kidney failure
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1913 births
2004 deaths
All-American college men's basketball players
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Torrance, California
Centers (basketball)
Deaths from kidney failure
USC Trojans men's basketball players