PLAYER PROFILE

BRANCH McCRACKEN

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 KokomoMuncie NPBL 3 6 0 12 4.0
1933-34 Indianapolis Kautskys Indep
Major League Totals 20 32 4 68 3.4
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