The 1931–32 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented
Purdue University
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during the 1931–32
NCAA
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men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was
Ward Lambert, coaching in his 15th season with the Boilermakers. The team finished the season with a 17–1 record
and was retroactively named the national champion by the
Helms Athletic Foundation
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and the
Premo-Porretta Power Poll
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.
Future
Basketball Hall of Famer as both a player and a coach,
John Wooden
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, was a senior on this team. He was named the
national player of the year
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after leading the successful Boilermakers with an impressive 12.1 points per game average (back when scoring was much lower than it is today, 12 points was a significant average).
The team also contained several future coaches; Eddy in the Indiana High School ranks before returning to Purdue; Fehring in the California collegiate ranks and Moore in the nascent pro ranks.
Lineup
''Source''
* Earl Campbell – Guard – Indianapolis, IN
* Robert Dornte – Forward – Ft. Wayne, IN
*
Ray Eddy – Forward – Columbus, IN
*
William "Dutch" Fehring – Center – Columbus, IN
* Louis Harmon – Guard – Gary, IN
* Byron Huggins – Guard – Hartford City, IN
* John Husar – Guard – Chicago, IL
* Harry Kellar – Forward – Chicago, IL
*
Emmett Lowery Jr. – Guard – Indianapolis, IN
* Max McLean – Forward – Lafayette, IN
* Norman Miner – Center – Fort Wayne, IN
*
Doxie Moore – Forward/Guard – Delphi, IN
* Ralph Parmenter – Guard – Indianapolis, IN
* John Porter – Forward – Logansport, IN
* Lawrence Ridge – Forward – Connersville, IN
* Charles Stewart – Center – Attica, IN
* Joseph Wheeler – Forward – Terre Haute, IN
*
John Wooden
John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed "the Wizard of Westwood", he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, nati ...
– Guard – Martinsville, IN
* C.E. Conrad – Student manager
Schedule and results
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References
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Purdue
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donat ...
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons
Purdue Boilermakers Men's Basketball Team
Purdue Boilermakers Men's Basketball Team