Gene E. Englund ; October 21, 1917 , Kenosha , Wisconsin , USA - November 5, 1995 , Winnebago , Wisconsin , USA ) is an American professional basketball player and coach. NCAA champion of the 1940/1941 season and NBL champion in the 1941/1942 season .
| Gene Englund | |
|---|---|
| Gene englund | |
| Finished his career | |
| Position | Heavy Forward / Center |
| Growth | 196 cm |
| Weight | 93 kg |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Kenosha , Wisconsin , USA |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | Winnebago , Wisconsin , USA |
| School | Rhinelander ( Rhinelander , Wisconsin ) |
| College | Wisconsin (1938-1941) |
| Statistics | |
| Games | 46 |
| Glasses | 360 ( 7.8 on average per game) |
| Gears | 41 ( 0.9 on average per game) |
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The early years
Gene Inglund was born on October 21, 1917 in the city of Kenosha ( Wisconsin ), studied at the Rhinelander school from the city of the same name , in which he played for the local basketball team.
Student career
In 1941 he graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison , where for three years he played for the Wisconsin Bagers basketball team, in which he spent a successful career. Under Inglund, the “Bagers” once won the regular championship and tournament tournament of Big Ten (1941), in addition to this, they once entered the playoffs of the US student championship (1941) [1] [2] [3] .
In 1941, Wisconsin Badgers became champions of the National University Sports Association (NCAA) , Gene Englund, being the team captain, scored a record number of points for the season in the history of the team (162), and by its results was recognized as the most valuable player in the conference Big Ten and included in the 1st all-American national team of the NCAA [4] . On March 21, the Badgers reached the final of four NCAA tournaments ( Eng. Final Four ), where they defeated Eddie Straloski 's Pittsburgh Panthers team 36–30 in a tough fight on March 22, in which Inglund became the most productive player of his team, gaining 11 points [3] [5] , and then in the final game, March 29, beat the team of Kirk Hebert “ Washington State Cougars ” with a score of 39-34, in which Gene also became the most productive player of his team, gaining 13 points [3] [6] .
In 1991, Gene Englund, along with his teammate John Kotz, was inducted into the University of Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame [7] .
Professional career
He played as a heavy forward and center . In 1941, Gene Englund entered into an agreement with the Oshkosh All Stars team, who played in the National Basketball League (NBL) and, already in their debut season, as teammates of Leroy Edwards and Charlie Shipp , helped his team win the NBL tournament , becoming the third most successful player teams (164) [8] . He later played for the teams Brooklyn Indian ( ABL ), Boston Celtics (NBA) and Tri-City Blackhawks (NBA). In total, he spent 7 incomplete seasons in the NBL, and 1 season in the NBA. In addition, he once joined the 1st national team of all the NBL stars ( 1949 ) [9] . After the abolition of the league was included in the national team of all times of the NBL . In total, during his career in the NBL, Inglund played 209 games in which he scored 2600 points (an average of 10.9 per game), simultaneously becoming the 3rd most successful NBL player in the history of the league , although he was never considered a superstar in the league [10] . In the middle of the 1949/1950 season, Gene Englund was exchanged by the Celtics management for John Manken of the Three City Blackhawks. In total, during the career in the NBA he played 46 games in which he scored 360 points (an average of 7.8 per game) and made 41 assists [11] . In addition, Inglund as part of the All Stars five times participated in the World Professional Basketball Tournament , becoming its winner in 1942.
Coaching career
The last season, as a player in Oshkosh All Stars, Inglund was the team's playing coach, having played 64 games in this post (1948–1949), as a result of which his team had a positive balance of victories and defeats (37–27). In the standings, she won first place in the Western division and ended up in the playoffs, where she first won the Tri-Citys Blackhawks in the semifinal series with a score of 3–1, and then lost to the Anderson Duffy Packers team in the final series 0-3 [12] [13] .
Death
After completing his professional career as a player, Gene Englund worked as a basketball referee for the Big Ten and NBA conferences [14] . He died on November 5, 1995, at the 79th year of his life in the unincluded Winnebago territory , located in the small town of Oshkosh ( Wisconsin ) [15] .
Notes
- ↑ 1938-39 Big Ten Conference Season Summary . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ 1939-40 Big Ten Conference Season Summary . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 1940-41 Big Ten Conference Season Summary . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ 1940-41 Men's Basketball Team: UW-Madison's First and Only NCAA Champions . wisc.edu . UW-Madison Archives. Date of treatment April 13, 2014. Archived June 10, 2010.
- ↑ Wisconsin 36, Pittsburgh 30 . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Wisconsin 39, Washington State 34 . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Wisconsin Athletics Hall Of Fame . uwbadgers.com . Wisconsin Badgers. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ 1941-42 Oshkosh All-Stars Statistics . justsportsstats.com . Just Sports Stats. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Gene Englund NBL Stats . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Gene Englund Stats . justsportsstats.com . Just Sports Stats. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Gene Englund NBA Stats . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ 1948-49 Oshkosh All-Stars Statistics . justsportsstats.com . Just Sports Stats. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ 1948-49 Oshkosh All-Stars Stats . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Vintage Basketball Autographs: Hoop Stars of the Past (1920s thru 1960s ) . webs.com . Mel Bashore Collection. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Gene Englund, "United States Social Security Death Index" . familysearch.org . Family Search. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.