Rufus Sisson (September 11, 1890 – March 1977) was an All-American basketball player at

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in 1911–12. He led the

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in scoring at 12.8 points per game in 10 games played. He was the first Dartmouth player to lead the league in scoring, and only the second All-American (

George Grebenstein George Warren Grebenstein (September 19, 1884 – May 21, 1980) was an All-American basketball player at Dartmouth College as a junior in 1905–06. A forward, he was the first Dartmouth player to be named an All-American while leading the Big Gr ...

was named an All-American in

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