Don Elser was one of the greatest high school athletes in Indiana history. He set records in track and was All-State in football and basketball. He received 12 letters from participating in football, basketball, and track. At Notre Dame University, Elser lettered in football (3), basketball (3), and track (1). He was an Honorable Mention All-American in football and played in 1936 Chicago Tribune All-Star Football Game. Elser played professional football one year with The Boston Shamrocks in 1937 and briefly played professional basketball for Toledo in the National Basketball League. He served as a Big Ten basketball and football official for twenty years. In 1958, he received the Official of the Year Award by the Knute Rockne Club of Kansas City, Kansas.
| DON ELSER |
Height: |
6:04 |
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Weight: |
215 |
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College: |
Notre Dame’36 |
| Donald Lewis Elser |
Born: Aug 4, 1913 |
Died: Dec 19, 1968 |
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Hometown: |
Gary, In. |
| Played Professional Football |
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REGULAR SEASON RECORD |
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| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
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| 1933-34 |
Notre Dame |
College |
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| 1934-35 |
Notre Dame |
College |
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| 1935-36 |
Notre Dame |
College |
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| 1941-42 |
Toledo |
NBL |
6 |
10 |
7 |
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27 |
4.5 |
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| 1942-45 |
Military Service |
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| 1946-47 |
Gary Ingots |
Indep |
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| 1947-48 |
Boston |
NEBL |
11 |
26 |
17 |
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69 |
6.3 |
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Major League Totals |
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6 |
10 |
7 |
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27 |
4.5 |
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Ben “Bunny” Elliott was an outstanding football and basketball player during his two years at the University of Pittsburgh. Elliott was coached on the basketball court by early pro star, Harry Hough, who moonlighted from his staring role with the South Side Central Basketball League team team to coach the University squad. Because of his size, Elliott was a valuable college player, but he met with little success in the CBL and was released early in his second pro season.
| BUNNY ELLIOTT |
Height: |
6:05 |
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Weight: |
195 |
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College: |
Pittsburgh’08 |
| Samuel Benjamin Elliott |
Born: Aug 3, 1883 |
Died: Jun 28, 1958 |
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Hometown: |
Mercer, Pa. |
| Ben Elliott |
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REGULAR SEASON RECORD |
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| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
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| 1907-08 |
Pittsburgh |
College |
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| 1908-09 |
Pittsburgh |
College |
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| 1909-10 |
Uniontown-Johnstown |
CBL |
17 |
20 |
0 |
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40 |
2.4 |
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| 1910-11 |
Connellsville |
CBL |
6 |
2 |
0 |
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4 |
0.7 |
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Major League Totals |
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23 |
22 |
0 |
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44 |
1.9 |
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From 1940 until 1952, Ray Ellefeson had a remarkable twelve -year, seventeen-team basketball odyssey. In the early 1940’s, Ellefeson played college basketball at Augustana, West Texas State and Colorado. In the mid-1940’s, he played AAU basketball for the Denver Ambrose Jellymakers and the San Francisco Dardis . In the fall of 1946, he signed with the St.Louis Bombers, a member of the newly formed Basketball Association of America. Ellefeson left the team prior to the regular season, announcing that he would enter DePaul University in the fall of 1947. Instead he entered Oklahoma A&M College, at the time one of the top college basketball programs in the country. Ellefeson did turn pro in the fall of 1948 and saw brief action with the powerful Minneapolis Lakers and later the Waterloo Hawks of the National Basketball League before finishing the season touring with the independent Cedar Rapids Raiders. Ellefeson had another brief shot at the NBA in 1n 1950 and played three games with the New York Knicks before spending the rest of the season in the minors with Scranton and Wilkes-Barre in the American Basketball League.
| RAY ELLEFSON |
Height: |
6:08 |
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Weight: 230 |
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College:Augustana(SD)’41/West TexasSt’43/Colorado’45/OklahomaA&M’48 |
| Eugene Ray Ellefson |
Born: Nov 18, 1922 |
Died: Oct 7, 1994 |
Hometown: |
Hopkins, Mn. |
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REGULAR SEASON RECORD |
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| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
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| 1940-41 |
Augustana(SD) |
College |
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| 1941-42 |
West Texas State |
College |
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| 1942-43 |
West Texas State |
College |
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| 1943-44 |
Mildland Dows |
AAU |
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| 1944-45 |
Colorado |
College |
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| 1944-45 |
Denver Toner-Mapelli |
AAU |
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| 1945-46 |
Denver Ambrose Jellymakers |
AAU |
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| 1945-46 |
San Francisco Dardis |
ABL |
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| 1946-47 |
St.Louis |
BAA |
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Did Not Play |
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| 1947-48 |
Oklahoma A&M |
College |
20 |
10 |
12 |
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|
32 |
1.6 |
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| 1948-49 |
Minneapolis |
BAA |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
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2 |
0.7 |
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| 1948-49 |
Waterloo |
NBL |
7 |
4 |
8 |
11 |
.727 |
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16 |
2.3 |
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| 1948-49 |
Cedar Rapids Raiders |
Indep |
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| 1949-50 |
Cedar Rapids Raiders |
Indep |
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| 1949-50 |
New York Celtics |
Indep |
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| 1950-51 |
New York |
NBA |
3 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
1.000 |
0 |
4 |
1.3 |
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| 1950-51 |
Scranton-Wilkes Barre |
ABL |
27 |
106 |
99 |
140 |
.707 |
|
311 |
11.5 |
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| 1951-52 |
Wilkes Barre-Carbondale |
ABL |
11 |
17 |
15 |
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|
49 |
4.5 |
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Major League Totals |
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13 |
5 |
12 |
15 |
.800 |
|
22 |
1.7 |
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