Word: wyndol
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Three of the five Crusaders who will play tonight, George Kaftan, Joe Mullaney, and Dermie O'Connell, will be starting against Harvard for the fourth straight season. They helped hand Wyndol Gray's NCAA team its only regulation defeat in 1945-46, flogged Saul Mariaschin's 1946-47 group 61-40, and outlasted George Hauptfuhrer & Co. last year...
Elsewhere, among the 20 men who survived the first cut last week, John Richards and Dick Covey appear capable of breaking into the lineup at guard, and Bob Bramhall, who played alongside Wyndol Gray on the 1945 Crimson NCAA. Tourney quintet, looks good at forward. Cliff Crosby and Steve Davis may also help out. But Coach Barclay emphasized the fact that no starting position is sewed up as yet. Every man on the squad has a chance to be among the five that lead off against Brown on December...
...still in the family," said Mariaschin, recalling that last year's quintet captain Wyndol Gray, had also been chosen for the honor by local sports-writers...
Hauptfuhrer, 20-year-old Varsity center, was the fifth highest scorer in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League this summer, and set a new Varsity season scoring record of 393 points in 25 games. The previous mark of 302 points was established last season by Wyndol Gray in 17 games...
...initial rush that started the basketball rolling to its present position of prominence was given by last year's Navy quintet, which gained an N.C.A.A. bid for the Crimson. Gathered together by commander Mundorff of the college Navy unit, former Bowling Green star Wyndol Gray, Lou Decsi, John Gantt, and Don Swegan, flanked by Paul Champion and Saul Marlaschin, threw, a nation-wide spotlight on Crimson basketball. Overwhelming students response and box-office success showed a bright future for Crimson basketball if the high standards set by the Navy performers could be maintained...