Vic Hanson

Victor Arthur Hanson


Born:
July 30, 1903
Watertown, NY

Died:
April 10, 1982
Minoa, NY


Career
1921-22 Central High School - Syracuse (High School)
St. John's Prep - Syracuse (High School) now Manlius School
1923-24 Syracuse University (College) Freshmen
1924-25 Syracuse University (College)
1925-26 Syracuse University (College)
1926-27 Syracuse University (College)
1927-28 Cleveland Rosenblums (ABL)
1927-28 Syracuse All Americans (Independent)
1928-29 Syracuse All Americans (Independent)

NATIONAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, 1960

The three-sport star (baseball, basketball and football) is the only player to be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. After a steller collegiate career which included the 1926 national championship in basketbal, he signed with the Cleveland Rosenblums but quit mid-season and returned to Syracuse to play for the All-Americans. He also played pro baseball for the Syracuse Stars in 1928. He became an assistant football coach back at SU before becoming head coach for seven years.

He married Dorothy Burns in 1932

Minor League Baseball Stats:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hanson001v--

Source:
Hoop Hall of Fame
Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame
Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY), April 13, 1982

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/vic-hanson/