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| title: | The 1939 - 1940 basketball team (Indiana University's first NCAA basketball championship team) |
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| image number: | P0042264 |
| description: | NCAA champions for 1940. First IU basketball team to win a national championship. This image shows the entire basketball team for the 1939-40 season. For an image of just those players that, due to NCAA rules at that time, made the trip to the NCAA tournament see image P0020360. This image appears on page 17 of the January 1940 edition of the Indiana Alumni Magazine. Thus, the image was shot as late as December 1939, but not after. This image also appears on page 382 of the 1940 Arbutus yearbook. |
| date taken: | 1939 |
| film code: | Eastman - Safety - Kodak 10 |
| photographer studio: | Athletic Department |
| donor image number: | 940-1605 |
| accession number: | 95/014 |
| copyright owner: | Indiana University |
| personal name: | Stevenson, Jack |
| personal name: | Dorsey, Ralph |
| personal name: | Francis, Chester |
| personal name: | Motter, Thomas |
| personal name: | McCracken, Emmett R. "Branch" |
| personal name: | Huffman, Marvin |
| personal name: | Dro, Robert |
| personal name: | Gridley, James |
| personal name: | McCreary, Jay |
| personal name: | Stiers, Evan |
| personal name: | Menke, William |
| personal name: | Menke, Robert |
| personal name: | Schaefer, Herman |
| personal name: | Armstrong, Paul "Curly" |
| personal name: | Ooley, Clarence |
| personal name: | Hoffman, Everett |
| personal name: | Zimmer, Andrew M. "Andy" |
| personal name: | Torphy, John |
| personal name: | Frey, William |
| personal name: | Newby |
| personal name: | Torphy, Bill |
| personal name: | Huckleberry, Don |
| personal name: | Weithoff, Cliff |
| personal name: | Ferguson, Jesse |
| location of individuals: | (Front Row, L to R) Jack Stevenson, Ralph Dorsey, Chester Francis, Thomas Motter, coach Emmett R. "Branch" McCracken, Marvin Huffman, Robert Dro, James Gridley, and Jay McCreary. (Middle Row, L to R) manager Evan Stiers, William Menke, Robert Menke, Herman Schaefer, Paul "Curly" Armstrong, Clarence Ooley, Everett Hoffman, and Andrew Zimmer. (Back Row, L to R) John Torphy, William Frey, Newby, Bill Torphy, Don Huckleberry, Cliff Weithoff, and trainer Jesse Ferguson. |
| topic: | Basketball |
| topic: | Coaches (Athletics) |
| topic: | Firsts |
| topic: | Team photo |
| city: | Bloomington |
| state: | Indiana |
| series: | Groups |
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