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Clyde Lovellette
Clyde Edward Lovellette (/loʊˈvɛlɛt/ loh-VEL-et; September 7, 1929 – March 9, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. Lovellette was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988. He was the first basketball player in history to achieve the Triple Crown – playing on an NCAA championship team, Olympics gold medal basketball team, and NBA championship squad.
Lovellette was born on September 7, 1929, in Petersburg, Indiana, moving to Terre Haute as a child. Lovellette attended Garfield High School in Terre Haute, where he was a two-time All-State performer on the school's basketball team. As a high school junior (1946–47), Lovellette's previously undefeated Garfield team, which had won 31 straight games, lost in the Indiana state championship finals to a Shelbyville team led by Bill Garrett (though Lovellette was high scorer with 25 points in the championship game). Lovelette was selected All-State center that year. He was selected to the 1948 Indiana all-star team to play against a team of Kentucky high school all-stars.
Lovellette originally committed to play basketball at Indiana University, but University of Kansas and future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Forrest "Phog" Allen persisted in recruiting Lovellette, even traveling to his home in Terre Haute. After visiting Kansas's campus Lovellette was convinced to attend college there and play basketball under Allen. At Kansas, he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.[citation needed] He obtained his bachelor's degree in 1952.
During his three years on the varsity (1949–1952), Lovellette averaged 21.8 points per game as a sophomore, 22.8 points per game as a junior, and 24.8 points per game as a senior. He averaged 7.7, 9.9 and 12.8 rebounds per game over those years, respectively. As a sophomore in 1949–50, he led the Big Seven conference in scoring and was named to All-Big Seven first team. He achieved the same heights as a junior in 1950–51 and senior in 1951–52.
Lovellette led all United States men's college basketball players in scoring his senior year (1951–52) with 28.4 points per game and was named the Helms College Player of the Year. He was a two-time first-team consensus All-American in his junior and senior years. Future major league baseball All-Star and most valuable player Dick Groat of Duke was also selected a first team NCAA All-American basketball player both of those years, along with Lovellette.
Lovelette led the 1951-52 Jayhawks to the 1952 NCAA title, capturing Most Valuable Player honors. He scored a then-NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)-record 141 points in the tournament (35.2 points per game), at a time when the tournament championship team played in four games. He also became the first player to score 40 or more points in an NCAA tournament game when he scored 44 against Saint Louis in a West Region final game on March 22, 1952 (breaking the old record of 31 points set in 1941). In the championship game against St. John's, Lovellette had 33 points and 17 rebounds in Kansas's 80–63 victory, Kansas's, and Allen's, first NCAA championship. He also was named to the All-Tournament Team. St. John's coach Frank McGuire said "'We lost to a great club and Lovellette is a great man".
Lovellette's three-year 1,888 total points set a major college record (passing Dick Groat's 1,886).
Lovellette and basketball legend Dean Smith were teammates at Kansas. He is the only college player to lead the nation in scoring and win the NCAA title in the same year. When Lovellette finished his college career in 1952, Allen, a seminal figure in basketball history who had played under the game's inventor James Naismith, considered Lovellette the greatest player in basketball history.
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Clyde Lovellette
Clyde Edward Lovellette (/loʊˈvɛlɛt/ loh-VEL-et; September 7, 1929 – March 9, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. Lovellette was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988. He was the first basketball player in history to achieve the Triple Crown – playing on an NCAA championship team, Olympics gold medal basketball team, and NBA championship squad.
Lovellette was born on September 7, 1929, in Petersburg, Indiana, moving to Terre Haute as a child. Lovellette attended Garfield High School in Terre Haute, where he was a two-time All-State performer on the school's basketball team. As a high school junior (1946–47), Lovellette's previously undefeated Garfield team, which had won 31 straight games, lost in the Indiana state championship finals to a Shelbyville team led by Bill Garrett (though Lovellette was high scorer with 25 points in the championship game). Lovelette was selected All-State center that year. He was selected to the 1948 Indiana all-star team to play against a team of Kentucky high school all-stars.
Lovellette originally committed to play basketball at Indiana University, but University of Kansas and future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Forrest "Phog" Allen persisted in recruiting Lovellette, even traveling to his home in Terre Haute. After visiting Kansas's campus Lovellette was convinced to attend college there and play basketball under Allen. At Kansas, he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.[citation needed] He obtained his bachelor's degree in 1952.
During his three years on the varsity (1949–1952), Lovellette averaged 21.8 points per game as a sophomore, 22.8 points per game as a junior, and 24.8 points per game as a senior. He averaged 7.7, 9.9 and 12.8 rebounds per game over those years, respectively. As a sophomore in 1949–50, he led the Big Seven conference in scoring and was named to All-Big Seven first team. He achieved the same heights as a junior in 1950–51 and senior in 1951–52.
Lovellette led all United States men's college basketball players in scoring his senior year (1951–52) with 28.4 points per game and was named the Helms College Player of the Year. He was a two-time first-team consensus All-American in his junior and senior years. Future major league baseball All-Star and most valuable player Dick Groat of Duke was also selected a first team NCAA All-American basketball player both of those years, along with Lovellette.
Lovelette led the 1951-52 Jayhawks to the 1952 NCAA title, capturing Most Valuable Player honors. He scored a then-NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)-record 141 points in the tournament (35.2 points per game), at a time when the tournament championship team played in four games. He also became the first player to score 40 or more points in an NCAA tournament game when he scored 44 against Saint Louis in a West Region final game on March 22, 1952 (breaking the old record of 31 points set in 1941). In the championship game against St. John's, Lovellette had 33 points and 17 rebounds in Kansas's 80–63 victory, Kansas's, and Allen's, first NCAA championship. He also was named to the All-Tournament Team. St. John's coach Frank McGuire said "'We lost to a great club and Lovellette is a great man".
Lovellette's three-year 1,888 total points set a major college record (passing Dick Groat's 1,886).
Lovellette and basketball legend Dean Smith were teammates at Kansas. He is the only college player to lead the nation in scoring and win the NCAA title in the same year. When Lovellette finished his college career in 1952, Allen, a seminal figure in basketball history who had played under the game's inventor James Naismith, considered Lovellette the greatest player in basketball history.
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