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Post by AztecWilliam on Sept 4, 2020 17:12:45 GMT -8
SDSU's magazine, 360, has an interesting piece in the Summer 2020 issue. In it, Seth Mallios chronicles the history of Aztec basketball. (I was amused to learn that the first team, 1910, had to compete in heavy baseball uniforms!) Many of the notable Aztec players are mentioned, including Art Linkletter, Michael Cage, Tony Gwynn, Lawhi Leonard, and, not least of all, Milky Phelps. Phelps lead the Aztecs to the NAIB (now the NAIA) championship game in '39, '40, and '41. In that last game, SDSU earned its one national basketball championship! Sadly, Phelps was killed in a training accident in World War II. Here is an interesting note: 1939 – San Diego State’s (Calif.) Milky Phelps becomes the first collegiate basketball player to employ a one-handed jump shot. Check this out: ezinearticles.com/?The-Wonder-Team---San-Diego-States-1941-Basketball-National-Title&id=6102505AzWm |
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Post by AzTex on Sept 4, 2020 18:20:10 GMT -8
SDSU's magazine, 360, has an interesting piece in the Summer 2020 issue. In it, Seth Mallios chronicles the history of Aztec basketball. (I was amused to learn that the first team, 1910, had to compete in heave baseball uniforms!) Many of the notable Aztec players are mentioned, including Art Linkletter, Michael Cage, Tony Gwynn, Lawhi Leonard, and, not least of all, Milky Phelps. Phelps lead the Aztecs to the NAIB (now the NAIA) championship game in '39, '40, and '41. In that last game, SDSU earned its one national basketball championship! Sadly, Phelps was killed in a training accident in World War II. Here is an interesting note: 1939 – San Diego State’s (Calif.) Milky Phelps becomes the first collegiate basketball player to employ a one-handed jump shot. Check this out: ezinearticles.com/?The-Wonder-Team---San-Diego-States-1941-Basketball-National-Title&id=6102505AzWm Can't forget that we beat the Harlem Globtrotters 38-36 in 1938. |
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Post by tonatiuh on Sept 7, 2020 10:11:28 GMT -8
SDSU's magazine, 360, has an interesting piece in the Summer 2020 issue. In it, Seth Mallios chronicles the history of Aztec basketball. (I was amused to learn that the first team, 1910, had to compete in heavy baseball uniforms!) Many of the notable Aztec players are mentioned, including Art Linkletter, Michael Cage, Tony Gwynn, Lawhi Leonard, and, not least of all, Milky Phelps. Phelps lead the Aztecs to the NAIB (now the NAIA) championship game in '39, '40, and '41. In that last game, SDSU earned its one national basketball championship! Sadly, Phelps was killed in a training accident in World War II. Here is an interesting note: 1939 – San Diego State’s (Calif.) Milky Phelps becomes the first collegiate basketball player to employ a one-handed jump shot. Check this out: ezinearticles.com/?The-Wonder-Team---San-Diego-States-1941-Basketball-National-Title&id=6102505AzWm It was a great article, but are you sure the first team in 1910 was an Aztec team, since the school did not start until 1921? * Also, in our 2019-2020 Aztec Basketball Media Guide "Kentucky State" is not mentioned. Instead it shows we beat "Murray State" by that score for the Championship that year. So, did Kentucky State change their name from Murray State? |
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Post by RB Aztec on Sept 8, 2020 8:10:53 GMT -8
I was wondering about the 1910 date too. I found this on the SDSU Wiki. I am guessing it was still a woman's teaching school in 1910, but maybe men starting attending?
Established on March 13, 1897, San Diego State University first began as the San Diego Normal School, meant to educate local women as elementary school teachers. It was located on a 17-acre (6.9 ha) campus on Park Boulevard in University Heights (now the headquarters of the San Diego Unified School District). It opened with seven faculty members and 91 students; the curriculum was initially limited to English, history and mathematics.[19] In 1923, the San Diego Normal School became San Diego State Teachers College, "a four-year public institution controlled by the state Board of Education."
By the 1930s the school had outgrown its original campus. In 1931 it moved to its current location on Montezuma Mesa at what was then the eastern edge of San Diego. In 1935, the school expanded its offerings beyond teacher education and became San Diego State College.[20] In 1960, San Diego State College became a part of the California State Colleges system, now known as The California State University.[21] Finally in 1972, San Diego State College became California State University, San Diego, and in 1974 San Diego State University (SDSU).[22]
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Post by AztecWilliam on Sept 8, 2020 10:29:54 GMT -8
Well, I cannot guarantee that the 1910 team consisted of men, but I'll bet that any women's team did not compete for SDSU until many years later. The media guide lists the first team as 1921-22. I'll see if I can do some research on that question.
Oh, do not forget that the article says the first team wore baseball uniforms. Women playing in baseball uniforms? Hmm. Sounds unlikely.
AzWm
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Post by tonatiuh on Sept 8, 2020 10:37:44 GMT -8
That's what I was thinking we started playing regular team sports like basketball & football in 1921 under national organizations. Since the school has been around since 1897 we may have participated in sports earlier, but details on that may be very difficult to dig up.
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Post by RB Aztec on Sept 8, 2020 12:27:26 GMT -8
We need a tie machine to find the answer. Let me find my flux capacitor.
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Post by jp92grad on Sept 8, 2020 12:44:24 GMT -8
We need a tie machine to find the answer. Let me find my flux capacitor. I hope we don't go back and relive the game in 91' against BYU! |
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Post by aztecmusician on Sept 8, 2020 19:58:08 GMT -8
If you visit the Hoover HS Gym, there are (or at least used to be.. it’s been a few years) large portraits of Ted Williams and Milky Phelps.
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Post by tonatiuh on Sept 10, 2020 12:52:09 GMT -8
We need a tie machine to find the answer. Let me find my flux capacitor. Don't you mean Time machine? I never heard of a Tie machine, unless it uses bailing wire. |
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Post by AztecWilliam on Sept 11, 2020 9:49:19 GMT -8
We need a tie machine to find the answer. Let me find my flux capacitor. Don't you mean Time machine? I never heard of a Tie machine, unless it uses bailing wire. Be nice.  Actually, if you are interested in a tie machine, I'm your man. I have a collection of nearly 200 neckties. If anyone needs one or two, I will donate. AzWm |
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Post by tonatiuh on Sept 12, 2020 15:47:23 GMT -8
Don't you mean Time machine? I never heard of a Tie machine, unless it uses bailing wire. Be nice. Actually, if you are interested in a tie machine, I'm your man. I have a collection of nearly 200 neckties. If anyone needs one or two, I will donate. AzWm AztecWilliam I was being nice! I only asked a question? What is wrong with that? |
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