G.W. BOWERS		Height:	5:07		Weight:				College:		None
George Washington Bowers		Born:   Jan 20, 1876			Died: Apr 9, 1957				Hometown:		Philadelphia, Pa.
					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1897-98	Penn Wheelman	Indep
1898-99	Penn Wheelman	Indep
1899-00	Camden–Pennsylvania BC	NBL	5	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0
1902-03	Harmer A.C.	ABL	1	1	0	2	.500		2	2.0
1903-04	Harmer A.C.	Indep
	Major League Totals		5	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0

Don Boven earned eleven varsity letters at Western Michigan University while participating in football, basketball and baseball. Bovan played professional basketball for four seasons.  Bovan was a solid scorer and brusing defender. During the 1951-52 season, while playing for the Milwaukee Hawks, Boven set a NBA record that still stands by fouling out of six consecutive games. After retiring from professional basketball, Boven returned to Western Michigan where he taught physical education classes while serving as assistant coach for the football, basketball, and baseball teams. In 1958, Boven was appointed head basketball coach, a position he held through 1966. He posted an overall 75-112 record during eight seasons as head coach.

 

DON BOVEN		Height:	6:04		Weight:	210			College:		Western Michigan’49
Donald Edwin Boven		Born:  Mar 6, 1925			Died:   Mar 10, 2011				Hometown:		Kalamazoo, Mi.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1943-45	U.S. Army	Military Service
1945-46	Western Michigan (Frosh)	College	22	71	35	80	.438		177	8.0
1946-47	Western Michigan	College	24	84	97	245	.668		265	11.0
1947-48	Western Michigan	College	21	97	96	161	.596		290	13.8
1948-49	Western Michigan	College	22	124	119	194	.613		367	16.7
1949-50	Waterloo	NBA	62	208	240	349	.688	137	656	10.6
1950-51	Waterloo	NPBL	56	269	245	345	.710		783	14.0
1951-52	Milwaukee	NBA	66	200	256	350	.731	177	656	9.9
1952-53	Milwaukee–Baltimore–Fort Wayne	NBA	67	153	145	209	.694	79	451	6.7
	Major League Totals		251	830	886				2546	10.1

 

KIDDER BOURQUIN		Height:	5:06		Weight:	165			College:		None
JohnHoward Bourquin		Born:  May 26, 1882				Died:   Oct 23, 1962			Hometown:		Camden, NJ
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1906-07	West Walnut	WPL
1907-08	North Philadelphia	PBL	12	12	18				42	3.5
1908-09	East Liverpool	CBL	17	17	10				44	2.6
1909-10	Camden Alpha	Indep
1910-11	Camden	EBL	39	68	3				139	3.6
1911-12	Camden	EBL	22	17	0			6	34	1.5
1912-13	Camden	EBL	10	10	0			3	20	2.0
1912-13	Alpha	AL		6	8			7	20
	Major League Totals		100	124	31				279	2.8

 

 

Lou Boudreau attended the the University of Illinois where he captained both the basketball and baseball teams. During the the 1936-37 season, he led both the basketball and baseball teams to Big Ten Conference championships and he was named a Basketball All-American. During the summer of 1938, the Cleveland Indians  signed  Boudreau to a contract  to play professional baseball after he graduated. Due to this agreement, Boudreau was ruled ineligible for collegiate sports by the Big Ten Conference. Boudreau remained in school for his senior year, while moonlighting in the National Basketball League as player for Hammond . Boudreau finished 8th in scoring in the NBL, but despite his sparkling rookie season, Boudreau retired from basketball to concentrate on his professional baseball career. Boudreau  played major league baseball for fifteen seasons. He was voted to the All-Star team seven times. He also manged in the majors for fifteen season, including ten as a player manager.  In 1947, Boudreau was named the American League’s Most Valuable Player and managed the Cleveland Indians to the World Series title. In 1970, Boudreau was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

 

LOU BOUDREAU		Height:	5:11		Weight:	170			College:		Illinois’37
Louis D. Boudreau Jr.		Born:  Aug 17, 1917			Died:  Aug 10, 2001				Hometown:		Harvey, Ill.
Played Major League Baseball			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1935-36	Illinois (Frosh)	College
1936-37	Illinois	College
1937-38	Illinois	College
1937-38	Illinois	College		Inelgible
1938-39	Hammond	NBL	23	78	33				189	8.2
	Major League Totals		23	78	33				189	8.2

 

RAWSON BOTHWELL		Height:	5:08		Weight:		150		College:		None
Rawson Opdycke Bothwell		Born:	Oct 3, 1884		Died:Dec 5, 1935				Hometown:		Northampton, Ma.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1902-03	Northhampton	AAU
1903-04	Northampton	WMBL	17	18	0				36	2.1
1903-04	Putnam	CSL	34	33	32				98	2.9
1904-05	New London	CSL	14	19	1				39	2.8
1905-06	Northampton. A.C.	Indep
1905-06	Brattleboro Athletics	Indep
1906-07	Northampton. A.C.	Indep
1906-07	St. Johnsbury	Indep
1906-07	Bellows Falls A.C.	Indep
1906-07	Brattleboro Athletics	Indep
1907-08	Brattleboro Athletics	Indep
1908-09	Brattleboro Athletics	Indep
1909-10	Brattleboro Athletics	Indep
1910-11	Brattleboro Athletics	Indep
1911-12	Brattleboro Athletics	Indep
	Major League Totals		17	18	0				36	2.1

Wyatt “Sonny” Boswell was a basketball and baseball star at LIbbey High School in Toledo, Ohio. At age 18, Boswell began his pro basketball career with a two year stint barnstorming with Jessie Owens’  Olympians.  In 1939, Boswell was signed by Abe Saperstein to tour with the Harlem Globetrotters for the next two seasons. During the 1942-43 season, Boswell  played in the National Basketball League with  Chicago tStudebaker Flyers, the first fully integrated  team in pro basketball history. Boswell was Chicago’s top scorer and was the third leading scorer in the entire NBL Boswell made seven straight appearances in the World Basketball Tournament. After retiring from basketball in 1947, Boswell became a successful businessman in Chicago before he died suddenly of a heart attack in 1964 at the age of 45.

 

 

SONNY BOSWELL		Height:	6:02		Weight:		175		College:	None
Wyatt Boswell		Born: May 19,	1919		Died: Oct 19, 1964				Hometown:	Toledo, OH.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1937-38	Jessie Owens Olympians	Indep
1938-39	Jessie Owens Olympians	Indep
1938-39	Harlem Globetrotters	Indep
1939-40	Harlem Globetrotters	Indep
1940-41	Harlem Globetrotters	Indep
1941-42	New York Rens	Indep
1942-43	Chicago	NBL	22	88	53	81	.654		229	10.4
1942-43	New York Rens
1943-44	Harlem Globetrotters	Indep
1944-45	New York Rens	Indep
1945-46	Chicago Monarchs	Indep
1945-46	Anderson Chiefs	Indep	4	11	4	8	.500		26	6.5
1946-47	Dayton Mets	Indep
	Major League Totals		22	88	53	81	.654		229	10.4
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1939-40	Harlem Globetrotters	WBT	4	20	9	15	.600		49	12.3
1940-41	Harlem Globetrotters	WBT	2	5	5	6	.833		15	7.5
1941-42	New York Rens	WBT	2		13	17	.765		47	23.5
1942-43	Chicago	NBL	3		4				30	10.0
1942-43	South Bend	WBT	1	5	1	2	.500		11	11.0
1943-44	Harlem Globetrotters	WBT	4	5	5	9	.556		15	3.8
1944-45	New York Rens	WBT	2	0	1	1	1.000		1	0.5
1945-46	Anderson Chiefs	WBT	2	7	3	7	.429		17	8.5
	Major League Totals		20	72	41				185	9.3