- In an Associated Press poll to choose the greatest basketball player in the first half of the 20th century, he finished in second place (to George Mikan).
- Inducted into basketball's Naismith Memorial of Fame, 1959 (charter class).
- Three-time All-America basketball player at Stanford University.
- Developed the running one-handed shot.
- Played for Stanford University (1934-1938).
- Helm's Foundation Player of the Year (1937, 1938).
- Two-time All-America (1937, 1938).
- In 1944, contracted spinal meningitis, which ended his amateur career.
- Played for amateur teams AAU San Francisco Olympic Club (1940-1941), AAU Phillips 66ers (1941-1942), and AAU St. Mary's Pre-Flight (1943-1944).
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