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Revolutionized the game with his one-handed shot, scoring 1,291 points during an illustrious three-year career; perhaps the greatest basketball player in school history, was a three-time consensus All-American and two-time College Player of the Year; the first player to shoot one-handed and on the run, and the first to dribble and pass behind his back; averaged 14.3 points per game as a sophomore, 15.2 as a junior and 19.4 as a senior; led Stanford to three straight PCC championships from 1936-38; scored a school-record 50 points as Stanford defeated Duquesne 92-27 on Jan. 1, 1938; member of the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame and the Citizens Savings (formerly Helms) Foundation Basketball Hall of Fame; his No. 7 jersey is retired, the only player to have such an honor in Stanford basketball history; while serving in the Navy in 1944, suffered from spinal meningitis and although he recovered, doctors told him he would never play basketball again.. | |||||||||||
