Vic Hanson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vic Hanson

American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, baseball player

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1903

Place of Birth: Watertown, New York, United States

Date of Death: 10-Apr-1982

Profession: basketball player, baseball player, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Vic Hanson

  • Victor Arthur Hanson (July 30, 1903 – April 10, 1982) was an American football player and coach, basketball player, and baseball player.
  • A three-sport college athlete, he played football, basketball, and baseball at Syracuse University in the 1920s, serving as team captain in all three sports.
  • The Watertown, New York native was named a Basketball All-American three times—in 1925, 1926, and 1927—by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was a consensus selection to the 1926 College Football All-America Team. Following his college career he played briefly with the Cleveland Rosenblums in the American Basketball League and then formed a basketball team, the Syracuse All-Americans.
  • He was also signed by the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball upon graduation from Syracuse in 1927 and played one year in their farm system.
  • Hanson served as the head football coach at his alma mater from 1930 to 1936, compiling a record of 33–21–5.
  • He is only player inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.

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