Forrest DeBernardi

Forrest DeBernardi
Player information
Full name	Forrest DeBernardi
birthday	February 3. 1899
place of birth	Nevada , ( Missouri ), USA
date of death	April 29, 1970
Place of death	Dallas , ( Texas ), USA
size	185 cm
position	center
college	Westminster College , University of Kansas
Clubs as active
1920-1929

Forrest DeBernardi (born February 3, 1899 in Nevada , Missouri , † April 29, 1970 in Dallas , Texas ) was an American basketball player who is one of the best players of the 1920s on the position of the center . In recognition of his athletic achievements, DeBernardi was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961 .

Career

DeBernardi played formally in the position of the center, but also performed tasks in other positions on the field. He began his college career in 1920 at Westminster College , where he took courses in tennis , athletics and baseball in addition to basketball . However, DeBernardi was most successful in basketball. He received permission from the university administration to compete for the Kansas City Athletic Club as a player whose amateur team took part in the championship round of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). In DeBernardi's first year as a player at the club, third place in the national championships was achieved, with DeBernardi being appointed as a personal honor to be an All-American in the center position. The following year, 1921, he was able to win the AAU championship with the Kansas City Athletic Club.

DeBernardi continued to play for the Kansas City Athletic Club in the final years of college, but moved from Westminster to the University of Kansas . After graduating, he was employed by a cleaning agent company and commissioned to form a company team for gaming operations in the AAU. DeBernardi led the team from 1923 to 1927, winning the championship in 1926 and 1927. He then changed employers. DeBernardi set up another company team for a varnish and paint company. With the new team he won further championship titles in 1928 and 1929. The performance of four titles in a row, with different teams, brought DeBernardi far-reaching recognition.

In total, DeBernardi took part in the AAU championship round ten times, was awarded seven times as an All-American and won the title five times. The Associated Press news agency chose DeBernardi in 1938 as a center in their selection team of the best active players up to that point. In addition to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, DeBernardi was also inducted into the athletic hall of fame in his Missouri region of origin.

See also

• List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Web links

• Entry into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
• Forrest DeBernardi in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame At: Hoophall website; Springfield, MA, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017 (in English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} hoopedia.nba.com , accessed March 28, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{a b} hoophall.com ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 28, 2012. 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} via books.google.de , David L. Porter. Basketball: a biographical dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. 2005, Westport. P. 109f. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
4. ↑ westminster-mo.edu ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 28, 2012.