Paul Endacott

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Basketball player
Paul Endacott
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Player information
Full name Paul S. Endacott
birthday July 13, 1902
place of birth Lawrence , Kansas , USA
date of death January 8, 1997
college University of Kansas

Paul Endacott (born July 13, 1902 in Lawrence , Kansas , † January 8, 1997 ) was an American basketball player. He played in the years 1919 to 1923, the college basketball team of the University of Kansas . During this time he was coached by Phog Allen , who won the championship of the Helms Athletic Foundation in 1923 with Endacott as captain of the team in the latter's college year . In 1972 Paul Endacott was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for his athletic achievements .

player

Endacott learned the sport from the inventor of basketball, James Naismith . During his time on the Kansas Jayhawks team, he was best known for his defense skills. His coach Phog Allen, who himself was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in 1959, called Endacott the best player he would have ever coached.

After the sport

Immediately after the end of his sports career, Endacott began working for the oil company Phillips Petroleum , where he made a career. He worked there continuously until 1967 and became, among other things, managing director.

Awards

  • Helms Athletic Foundation , 1923 Player of the Year
  • Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. hoopszone.net , accessed February 25, 2016
  2. Portrait in the Basketball Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 25, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hoophall.com
  3. ^ Kansas City Hall of Fame website , accessed February 25, 2016
  4. ^ Kansas City Hall of Fame website , accessed February 25, 2016
  5. hoopszone.net , accessed February 25, 2016
  6. hoopszone.net , accessed February 25, 2016