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gpiaThe Story behind

$12,500.
this floor.

on this tournament floor.
overall.

men 2' hours to assemble.

Head Coach Gerard L. Bush

Gerard L. (Jerry) Bush, Nebraska’s varsity basketball coach, will
begin his second year at the helm of the Cornhusker team with high
hopes of improving upon the 1954-55 record.

Last year, it appeared as if the Huskers, hampered by a lack of
height and the loss, by graduation, of several top-flight performers,
would be in for a long cold winter. This seemed particularly true
after the loss of all three games they played in the Big Seven Pre-
Season Basketball Tournament at Kansas City. The big loss then was
an 89-47 pasting at the hands of Colorado, a team the Huskers came
back to beat, 84-77, later in the season during conference play.

The Huskers, under Bush’s guidance, continued to improve after
the disastrous tournament and finally surprised by gaining a third-
place tie in the Big Seven Conference.

Before coming here, Bush, 41, was head coach at the University of
Toledo, where he began coaching in 1947. While there his teams
won 129 games, lost 59, and in 1954 his Toledo team won the Mid-
American Conference Championship, losing to Penn State in the
NCAA Championships.

Bush was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1914, graduating from
Erasmus High School there. A Methodist, he attended St. John’s
College, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1938.

He played three years of varsity basketball and baseballthere. He
was named All-American in 1937 and 1938, All-Madison Square
Garden tournament player in 1936-37-38 and All-Metropolitan dur-
ing the same period.

He later played professional basketball with the Kate Smith Celtics,
1938; Akron Firestones, 1939-40-41; Rochestér Royals, 1942; Fort
Wayne Zollners, 1943-'44-’45-'46-'47. He won All-American Pro-
fessional team honors five years and was selected as one of the 10
best all-time all-professional players at that time.

Bush, a big man from any angle at 6-4 and weighing 225, is
married and the father of three daughters. He is a long ball hitter in
golf and was recently named golf coach at Nebraska.

   

 

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e More than 500 teams from almost every state in the
union as well as Hawaii, have competed for honors on

e Approximately 4000 players, representing leading col-
leges, high schools and universities, have seen action

e Size of Municipal Auditorium Floor is 72 x 112 feet,

e Floor is portable. Built in panels of 4 x 8 ft. It takes 12

time since it was built.”

Sage, C. B. Hoff, director
MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM

this beautiful BASKETBALL FLOOR...

e Built by DiNatale, one of the nation’s outstanding
builders of portable gym floors, in 1947, at a cost of

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| floor was refinished just last year, for the first
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IOWA STATE COLLEGE

BILL STRANNIGAN, Coach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAYER NO. | POS. Rei WeeGe 7 LEAL E
GARY THOMPSON 20| G | 5-10/| 160
LARRY SWANSON 21| G | 5-11| 160
ARNIE GAARDE 22| G | 5-10| 155
DICK FARWELL 23|.G | 6-1 | 167
JACK PETERSON 24| F | 6-2 | 170
BUD BERGMAN 25| F | 6-3 | 190 a
DON MEDSKER 30/ c | 6-8 | 190
DAVE YOUNG 31 -F | 6-2 4 186
JERRY SANDBULTE 32| F | 6-0 | 185
AL LOWERY 33| G | 5-11] 148
LYLE FRAHM 34| G | 6-1 | 161 —
BILL MEYER 35| F | 6-4 |-185/"
JOHN CRAWFORD 40| F | 6-5 | 185
| CHUCK VOGT - 41/F | 6-5 | 192 a
BILL DALE 42|c¢ | 6-5 | 210

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
    
  

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