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American basketball player
Forrest Sale "Red" DeBernardi
(February 3, 1899 ? April 29, 1970) was an American
college basketball
player in the 1920s. Standing 6 ft. 1 inches tall, DeBernardi was one of the best
centers
of his era, and played all five positions. Born in
Nevada, Missouri
, he attended
Westminster College
where he played from 1919 to 1921. On January 19, 1920, he made 24
field goals
against
Missouri Wesleyan
, a school record that stands to this day. DeBernardi then transferred to the
University of Kansas
in order to be closer to the
Kansas City Athletic Club
so that he could compete for them in the
Amateur Athletic Union
(AAU). He did not play for the university, however.
Following his impressive collegiate career, DeBernardi became an outstanding AAU player. Between 1920 and 1929, when he played with
Kansas City Athletic Club
(1920?22),
Hillyard Shine Alls
(1922?27) and
Cook's Painter Boys
(1927?29), he played in 10 national AAU tournaments and was named to the
AAU All-American
team five times. DeBernardi was also an
AAU national champion
five times.
In 1938 the
Associated Press
selected DeBernardi as the center on its All-Time All America college basketball team. He was also awarded with the
Helms Athletic Foundation
Hall of Fame Award in 1952. In 1961, DeBernardi was elected to the
Basketball Hall of Fame
. In 2006, he was elected posthumously into the
National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
.
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