EDDIE YOUNGER

Eddie Younger, who stood just a few inches over 5-feet tall in high school, dazzled opponents with his speed and ball-handling skills. Younger, along with teammates Bobby Wanzer and Sonny Woods, led Benjamin Franklin High School to the 1940 New York City High School championship. Younger played at Long Island University for two seasons, serving as captain of the team the second year. Younger turned professional in 1944 when he joined the famed New York Rens.

EDDIE YOUNGER		Height:	5:07		Weight:	145			College:		LIU’44
Edward Younger		Born: Jan 7, 1923			Died: Mar 18, 1985				Hometown:		New York, NY
Rabbit Younger			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1942-43	L.I.U	College
1943-44	L.I.U	College
1944-45	New York Rens	Indep
1945-46	Harlem Globetrotters	Indep
1945-46	New York Rens	Indep
1946-47	New York Rens	Indep
1947-48	New York Rens	Indep
1948-49	Scranton	ABL	13	7	12	21	.571		26	2.0
1948-49	Mohawk	NUSL	22						241	11.0
1949-50	Scranton	ABL	34	22	19	32	.594	26	63	1.9
1950-51	Saratoga	ABL	9	5	3	9	.333	4	13	1.4
1951-52	Carbondale	ABL	5	4	3				11	2.2
1952-53	Saratoga	ABL	5	6	2				14	2.8
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	New York Rens	WBT	2	2	1	1	1.000		5	2.5
1946-47	New York Rens	WBT	1	3	1	2	.500		7	7.0
1947-48	New York Rens	WBT	2	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0
1948-49	Scranton	ABL	6	7	7				21	3.5
1948-49	Mohawk	NYSL	3						37	12.3
1949-50	Scranton	ABL	5	5	2	3			12	2.4
	Major League Totals		5	5	2	3	.667		12	2.4

ACE MAUGHAN

ACE MAUGHAN		Height:	6:04		Weight:	190			College:		Utah State’43
Ariel Leishman Maughan		Born: Feb 26, 1923			Died: Aug 14, 1997				Hometown:		Salt Lake City, UT.
			REGULAR SESON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1941-42	Utah State	College
1942-43	Utah State	C0llege
1943-45	U.S. Army	Military Service
1945-46	Midland Dows	Indep
1946-47	Detroit	BAA	59	224	84	114	.737	57	532	9.0
1947-48	Providence–St.Louis	BAA	42	76	32	53	.604	6	184	4.4
1948-49	St.Louis	BAA	55	206	184	285	.646	99	596	10.8
1949-50	St.Louis	NBA	68	160	157	205	.766	101	477	7.0
1950-51	Washington	NBA	35	78	101	120	.842	48	257	7.3
1950-51	Wilkes-Barre	ABL	10	21	11	23	.478	11	53	5.3
	Major League Totals		259	744	558	777	.718	311	2046	7.9
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Midland Dows	WBT	2	3	1	1	1.000		7	3.5
1947-48	St.Louis	BAA	7	32	16	23	.696		80	11.4
1948-49	St.Louis	BAA	2	0	2	3	.667		2	1.0
	Major League Totals		11	35	19	27	.704		89	8.1

LEE VARNELL

Larry Lee Varnell entered Milligan College in 1935 and graduated in 1939. In basketball, he was the only player in the Smoky Mountain Conference history to be named All-Conference all four years and led his team in scoring every year. He was also All-Conference in baseball. Varnell served for five years in the US Navy during Woeld War II in Commander Gene Tunney’s athletic program. He was assigned to the Navy All-Star basketball team at Norfolk, Virginia, where he was the leading scorer on a Navy team that included basketball hall of famers Red Holzman and Red Auerbach.In 1944, Varnell was the player coach of the Navy All-Star basketball team and managed the Navy All-Star baseball team at Pearl Harbor. That team included Hall-of-Famers Stan Musial, Peewee Reese, Bob Lemon and Johnny Mize. Varnell went to Denver in 1946 to play basketball with the Denver Nuggets. In 1949, he worked as head coach and assistant English professor at Regis College and coached their basketball team to the National Catholic Championship and the runner-up in the NAIA Tournament in Kansas City.

LEE VARNELL		Height:	6:00		Weight:	170			College:		Milligan’39
Larry Lee Varnell		Born: Mar 8, 1918			Died: Jul 15, 2008				Hometown:		Adamsville, Tn.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1935-36	Milligan	College
1936-37	Milligan	College
1937-38	Milligan	College
1938-39	Milligan	College
1939-40	Norton Kiwanians	AAU
1940-41	Norton Kiwanians	AAU
1940-41	Roanoke National Business College	AAU
1941-45	U.S. Navy	Military Service
1945-46	Midland Dow Chemicals	Indep

1946-47	Denver Nuggets	AAU
1947-48	Denver Murphy-Mahoney	AAU
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year (Frosh)	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Midland Dow Chemicals	WBT	2	3	1	1	1.000		7	3.5
	Major League Totals		2	3	1	1	1.000		7	3.5

LEE VARNELL		Height:	6:00		Weight:	170			College:		Milligan’39
Larry Lee Varnell		Born: Mar 8, 1918			Died: Jul 15, 2008				Hometown:		Adamsville, Tn.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1935-36	Milligan	College
1936-37	Milligan	College
1937-38	Milligan	College
1938-39	Milligan	College
1939-40	Norton Kiwanians	AAU
1940-41	Roanoke National Business College	AAU
1941-45	U.S. Navy	U.S. Military
1945-46	Midland Dow Chemicals	Indep

1946-47	Denver Nuggets	AAU
1947-48	Denver Murphy-Mahoney	AAU
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year (Frosh)	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Midland Dow Chemicals	WBT	2	3	1	1	1.000		7	3.5
	Major League Totals		2	3	1	1	1.000		7	3.5

RUSS WENDLAND

Russ Wendland won three varsity letters at Northwestern University in basketball and baseball and captained both team during his senior year.

RUSS WENDLAND		Height:	6:01		Weight:	160			College: Northwestern’43 / Wisconsin’44
Russell William Wendland		Born: Oct 21, 1921			Died: May 25, 2016				Hometown:		Peoria, Il.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1939-40	Northwestern (Frosh)	College
1940-41	Northwestern	College
1941-42	Northwestern	College
1942-43	Northwestern	College
1943-44	Wisconsin	College
1943-45	US Army	Military Service
1945-46	Midland Dow Chemicals	Indep
1946-47	Midland Dow Chemicals	Indep
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Midland Dow Chemicals	WBT	2	7	1	2	.500		15	7.5
1946-47	Midland Dow Chemicals	WBT	1	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0
	Major League Totals		3	7	1	2	.500		15	5.0

### DEEHAN

### DEEHAN		Height:			Weight:				College:
		Born:				Died:			Hometown:
				POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Toledo Whites	WBT	1	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0
	Major League Totals		1	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0

### LEWIS

### LEWIS		Height:			Weight:				College:
		Born:							Hometown:
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Toledo Whites	WBT	1	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0
	Major League Totals		2	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0

CHARLIE SEABRIGHT

A native of Wheeling, W.Va., Charlie Seabright was an all-state athlete in football, basketball and baseball at Benwood Union High School before entering WEst Virginia University in 1938. Seabright was a versatile athlete at West Virginia University from 1938-41, earning three letters in football, two in basketball and two in baseball. He is considered one of the two best players from that era . Seabright had a six-year career in the National Football League. He played for the Cleveland Rams for one season and the PIttsburgh Steelers for five seasons.Seabright began his professional football career with the Cleveland Rams in 1941. but was out of football from 1942 until 1944 to serve in combat in World War II . Seabright played both offense and defense with the Steelers from 1946–1950, including stints as the starting quarterback Seabright started every game for the 1947 Steelers in a season that ended in a one-game playoff to eventual champion Philadelphia. Seabright was one of the last NFL players to play both offense and defense.

CHARLEY SEABRIGHT		Height:	6:02		Weight:	205			College:		West Virginia’41
Charles Edward Seabright		Born: Feb 13, 1918			Died: Mar 18, 1981				Hometown:		Benwood, WV
Played Professional Football			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1937-38	West Virginia	College
1938-39	West Virginia	College
1939-40	West Virginia	College
1940-41	West Virginia	College
1941-46	U.S. Army	Military Service
1945-46	Toledo Whites	Indep
1946-47	Wheeling Valans	Indep
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Toledo Whites	WBT	1	0	0	1	.000		0	0.0
	Major League Totals		1	0	0	1	.000		0	0.0

JIM RUCH

JIM RUCH		Height:	6:02		Weight:		180		College:		West Virginia’41
James F. Ruch		Born:	Aug 15, 1920			Died: Jul, 1984			Hometown:		Wheeling, WV
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1946-47	Wheeling Valans	Indep
1947-48	Wheeling	AABL	26	98	54				250	9.6
1948-49	Wheeling	AABL	28						161	5.8
1949-50	Wheeling	AABL	1	0	0				0	0.0
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Toledo	WBT	1	5	1	2	.500		11	11.0
1947-48	Wheeling	AABL	4	13	6				32	8.0
1948-49	Wheeling	AABL	5						23	4.6
	Major League Totals		1	5	1	2	.500		11	11.0

JOE BARON

JOE BARON		Height:	5:08		Weight:	135			College:		Alderson-Broaddus’40
Joseph FRanklinBaron		Born: Oct 5, 1919			Died:May 22, 1991				Hometown:		McKees Rocks, Pa.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORDS
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1939-40	Alderson-Broaddus	College
1941-45	U.S. Army	Military Service
1945-46	Toledo Whites	Indep
1946-47	Wheeling Valans	Indep
1947-48	Wheeling	AABL	27	59	27				145	5.4
				POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Toledo Whites	WBT	1	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0
1947-48	Wheeling	AABL	4	6	2				14	3.5
	Major League Totals		1	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0

GENE BRITT

GENE BRITT		Height:	6:01		Weight:		180		College:		None
Eugene Harold Britt		Born: Oct 13, 1921			Died: Nov 29, 2004				Hometown:		Wheeling, WV
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Toledo Whites	Indep
1947-48	Wheeling	AABL	25	17	10				44	1.8
1948-49	Wheeling	AABL	11						99	9.0
1949-50	Wheeling	AABL	23	60	22				142	6.2
				PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Toledo Whites	WBT	1	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0
1947-48	Wheeling	AABL	3	2	0				4	1.3
1949-50	Wheeling	AABL	2						4	2.0
	Major League Totals		1	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0