STATISTICS & HISTORY
Branch McCracken was named a Helms Foundation All-American at Indiana University in 1930. McCracken was head basketball coach at Ball State University for eight seasons (1930-38) and compiled a 91-41 record. In 1938, McCracken was named head basketball coach of his Alma mater, the University of Indiana. He remained as coach until 1965, with a three year break (1943-46) while he served in the Navy during WWII. Overall his record at Indiana was 364-174. His team won NCAA titles in 1939 and 1953. Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
| BRANCH McCRACKEN | Height: | 6:04 | Weight: | 200 | College: | Indiana’30 | |||||
| Emmett BranchMcCracken | Born: Jun 9, 1908 | Died: Jun 4, 1970 | Hometown: | Monrovia, In. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1926-27 | Indiana (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Indiana | College | 17 | 64 | 44 | 71 | .620 | 172 | 10.1 | ||
| 1928-19 | Indiana | College | 17 | 54 | 40 | 66 | .606 | 148 | 8.7 | ||
| 1929-30 | Indiana | College | 17 | 76 | 54 | 92 | .587 | 206 | 12.1 | ||
| 1929-30 | Oshkosh All-Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 3.0 | ||||
| 1930-31 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 12 | 19 | 3 | 41 | 3.4 | ||||
| 1930-31 | Oshkosh All-Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Oshkosh All-Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Kokomo–Muncie | NPBL | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 4.0 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Indianapolis Kautskys | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 20 | 32 | 4 | 68 | 3.4 | ||||||