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Longshot: The Story of the Buchan Bakers
1956 National AAU Tournament
March 26-31 in Denver, Colorado
Final Standings
1. Buchan Bakers, Seattle, Wash.
2. Phillips Oilers, Bartlesville, Okla.
3. Ada Oilers, Mobile, Ala
4. Allen-Bradley, Milwaukee, Wisc.
Box Score, Championship Game
Buchan Bakers (59)
Seattle, Washington
|
Player |
FG |
FT |
PF |
TP |
|
Dean Parsons |
2 |
5-6 |
3 |
9 |
|
Ed Halberg |
2 |
0-2 |
1 |
4 |
|
Phil Jordon |
4 |
4-5 |
3 |
12 |
|
George Swyers |
3 |
4-6 |
2 |
10 |
|
Stan Glowaski |
2 |
0-2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Frank Guisness |
0 |
0-1 |
2 |
0 |
|
Bruno Boin |
2 |
1-3 |
3 |
5 |
|
Joe Cipriano |
1 |
1-2 |
0 |
3 |
|
Charlie Koon |
6 |
0-0 |
1 |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
22 |
15-27 |
15 |
59 |
Phillips 66ers (57)
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
|
Player |
FG |
FT |
PF |
TP |
|
Bill Hougland |
2 |
0-0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Burdette Haldorson |
6 |
3-3 |
3 |
15 |
|
Chuck Darling |
2 |
5-6 |
4 |
9 |
|
Jim Walsh |
4 |
1-1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Arnold Short |
4 |
0-0 |
1 |
8 |
|
Ron Rivers |
0 |
1-2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Bob Jeangerard |
0 |
4-6 |
4 |
4 |
|
Bob Mattick |
2 |
1-3 |
3 |
5 |
|
Ray Steiner |
0 |
0-0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Bob Dean |
1 |
0-0 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
21 |
15-21 |
19 |
57 |
Buchan Bakers vs. Phillips 66ers
Championship Game Scoring
First Half
Ph-Bu
00-02 --Stan Glowaski, Buchans, field goal
02-02 --Chuck Darling, Phillips, field goal
03-02 --Chuck Darling, Phillips, free throw
04-02 --Chuck Darling, Phillips, free throw
06-02 --Arnold Short, Phillips, field goal
08-02 --Jim Walsh, Phillips, field goal
10-02 --Jim Walsh, Phillips, field goal
10-03 --Phil Jordon, Buchans, free throw
10-04 --Phil Jordon, Buchans, free throw
12-04 --Burdette Haldorson, Phillips, field goal
12-06 --Bruno Boin, Buchans, field goal
Five Minutes
13-06 --Burdette Haldorson, Phillips, free throw
13-07 --George Swyers, Buchans, free throw
13-08 --George Swyers, Buchans free throw
15-08 --Bill Hougland, Phillips, field goal
15-10 --Bruno Boin, Buchans, field goal
Ten Minutes
17-10--Bob Mattick, Phillips, field goal
18-10 --Bob Jeangerard, Phillips, free throw
20-10 --Arnold Short, Phillips, field goal
20-12 --Joe Cipriano, Buchans, field goal
21-12 --Chuck Darling, Phillips, free throw
22-12 --Chuck Darling, Phillips, free throw
23-12 --Bob Jeangerard, Phillips, free throw
23-14--Charlie Koon, Buchans, field goal
23-15--Dean Parsons, Buchans, free throw
23-16--Dean Parsons, Buchans, free throw
24-16 --Ron Rivers, Phillips, free throw
24-18 --Phil Jordon, Buchans, field goal
24-20 --Charlie Koon, Buchans, field goal
Fifteen minutes
24-21 --Joe Cipriano, Buchans, free throw
24-23--Phil Jordon, Buchans, field goal
24-25--Dean Parsons, Buchans, field goal
26-25 --Arnold Short, Phillips, field goal
26-27--Stan Glowaski, Buchans, field goal
26-29--Charlie Koon, Buchans, field goal
28-29 --Burdette Haldorson, Phillips, field goal
28-31--Phil Jordon, Buchans, field goal
29-31 --Burdette Haldorson, Phillips, free throw
30-31 --Burdette Haldorson, Phillips, free throw
End of First Half
Buchan Bakers 31, Phillips 66ers 30
Second Half
32-31 --Jim Walsh, Phillips, field goal
32-33--Ed Halberg, Buchans field goal
34-33 --Jim Walsh, Phillips, field goal
35-33 --Jim Walsh, Phillips, free throw
35-34 --Phil Jordon, Buchans, free throw
35-35 --Phil Jordon, Buchans, free throw
37-35 --Arnold Short, Phillips, field goal
37-37--Charlie Koon, Buchans, field goal
37-39--George Swyers, Buchans, field goal
39-39 --Burdette Haldorson, Phillips, field goal
Five Minutes
39-41--Charlie Koon, Buchans, field goal
41-41 --Chuck Darling, Phillips, field goal
41-42 --Dean Parsons, Buchans, free throw
41-43 --Dean Parsons, Buchans, free throw
42-43 --Chuck Darling, Phillips, free throw
44-43 --Burdette Haldorson, Phillips, field goal
44-44 --Dean Parsons, Buchans, free throw
46-44 --Burdette Haldorson, Phillips, field goal
46-46--George Swyers, Buchans, field goal
46-48--Charlie Koon, Buchans, field goal
48-48 --Bill Hougland, Phillips, field goal
48-49 --George Swyers, Buchans, free throw
49-49 --Bob Jeangerard, Phillips, free throw
51-49 --Joe Dean, Phillips, field goal
Ten Minutes
51-50 --Bruno Boin, Buchans, free throw
53-50 --Bob Mattick, Phillips, field goal
53-52--Phil Jordon, Buchans, field goal
54-52 --Bob Jeangerard, Phillips, free throw
Fifteen Minutes
55-52 --Bob Mattick, Phillips, free throw
55-54--Dean Parsons, Buchans, field goal
55-55--George Swyers, Buchans, free throw
55-57--Ed Halberg, Buchans, field goal
57-57 --Burdette Haldorson, Phillips, field goal
57-59--George Swyers, Buchans, field goal, no time remaining.
End of Game
Buchan Bakers 59, Phillips 66ers, 57.
Box Score, Semifinal Game
Buchan Bakers (85)
Seattle, Washington
|
Player |
FG |
FT |
PF |
TP |
|
Dean Parsons |
4 |
1-3 |
0 |
9 |
|
Ed Halberg |
1 |
0-0 |
3 |
2 |
|
Phil Jordon |
1 |
2-3 |
4 |
4 |
|
George Swyers |
7 |
7-12 |
2 |
21 |
|
Stan Glowaski |
3 |
4-4 |
2 |
10 |
|
Frank Guisness |
2 |
1-2 |
3 |
5 |
|
Bruno Boin |
7 |
3-4 |
4 |
17 |
|
Joe Cipriano |
0 |
2-2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Charlie Koon |
5 |
5-6 |
2 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
30 |
25-36 |
20 |
85 |
Allen-Bradley (75)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|
Player |
FG |
FT |
PF |
TP |
|
Thomas Hyland |
1 |
1-3 |
3 |
3 |
|
Richard Miller |
10 |
4-6 |
2 |
24 |
|
Reuben Schulz |
3 |
3-4 |
4 |
9 |
|
Terry Rand |
7 |
6-10 |
3 |
20 |
|
Grant Wittberger |
4 |
1-3 |
4 |
9 |
|
Russell Wittberger |
0 |
0-2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Richard Noonan |
1 |
2-2 |
1 |
4 |
|
Donald Doolin |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Francis Miller |
2 |
0-0 |
0 |
4 |
|
Paul Saufl |
1 |
0-1 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
29 |
17-31 |
19 |
75 |
Box Score, Quarterfinal Game
Buchan Bakers (68)
Seattle, Washington
|
Player |
FG |
FT |
PF |
TP |
|
Dean Parsons |
2 |
3-4 |
3 |
7 |
|
Ed Halberg |
1 |
0-0 |
3 |
2 |
|
Phil Jordon |
4 |
5-7 |
1 |
13 |
|
George Swyers |
10 |
2-2 |
2 |
22 |
|
Stan Glowaski |
5 |
2-5 |
1 |
12 |
|
Jim Coshow |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Frank Guisness |
0 |
0-0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Joe Cipriano |
0 |
2-2 |
1 |
2 |
|
Charlie Koon |
3 |
4-5 |
2 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
25 |
18-25 |
14 |
68 |
Pasadena Mirror Glaze (64)
Pasadena, California
|
Player |
FG |
FT |
PF |
TP |
|
Bob Hopkins |
5 |
6-7 |
4 |
16 |
|
Jim Bond |
6 |
5-6 |
1 |
17 |
|
Marlon Davis |
1 |
0-0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Jim Davis |
7 |
1-3 |
3 |
15 |
|
Chalmer Cartwright |
3 |
0-1 |
3 |
6 |
|
Clyde Cook |
3 |
2-2 |
3 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
25 |
14-19 |
16 |
64 |
Box Score, First Round
Buchan Bakers (71)
Seattle Washington
|
Player |
FG |
FT |
PF |
TP |
|
Dean Parsons |
2 |
0-1 |
0 |
4 |
|
Ed Halberg |
1 |
0-1 |
5 |
2 |
|
Phil Jordon |
6 |
1-4 |
3 |
13 |
|
George Swyers |
6 |
0-0 |
1 |
12 |
|
Stan Glowaski |
2 |
6-8 |
1 |
10 |
|
Jim Coshow |
0 |
6-6 |
2 |
6 |
|
Frank Guisness |
2 |
2-4 |
4 |
6 |
|
Bruno Boin |
0 |
0-0 |
3 |
0 |
|
Joe Cipriano |
2 |
0-0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Charlie Koon |
6 |
2-4 |
1 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
27 |
17-28 |
21 |
71 |
Central Insurance (57)
Denver, Colorado
|
Player |
FG |
FT |
PF |
TP |
|
James Osbourn |
5 |
2-2 |
4 |
12 |
|
Dale Brooks |
0 |
3-4 |
2 |
3 |
|
Billie Gossett |
5 |
8-10 |
1 |
18 |
|
Wayne Tucker |
1 |
0-2 |
1 |
2 |
|
Thomas Bowman |
1 |
0-0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Charles Shoptaw |
0 |
7-9 |
2 |
7 |
|
William ONeil |
3 |
0-0 |
1 |
6 |
|
Bryce Heffley |
0 |
5-7 |
5 |
5 |
|
Fredrick Howell |
1 |
0-1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
16 |
25-35 |
17 |
57 |
AAU All-Americans (all-tournament team) for 1956
Charlie Koon, Buchan Bakers
George Swyers, Buchan Bakers
Burdette Haldorson, Phillips 66ers
Chuck Darling, Phillips 66ers
Jim Walsh, Phillips 66ers
Jerry Harper, Ada Oilers
George Linn, Ada Oilers
Terry Rand, Allen-Bradley
Dick Miller, Allen-Bradley
Dick Eicher, Central Bankers
First Round (Monday and Tuesday)
King Motors, Hesston, Kan., 71, St. Johns, Lunden, N.J., 59
Allen-Bradley, Milwaukee, Wisc., 83, Westover Flyers, Westover, Mass., 76
Rainer Comets, Elmwood Park, Ill., 79, Green Frog Supers, San Jose, Calif., 62
Luckett-Nix, Boulder, Colo., 59, Arkansas State College, Conway, Ark., 56
Gibbs Vikings, Jacksonville, Fla., 66, Pauls Tobacco, Dayton, Ohio, 60
Marine All-Stars 71, Marion Kay, Brownstown, Ind., 61
Pasadena, Calif., Mirror Glaze 82, Army All-Stars 68
Loyola Frosh, New Orleans, La., 78, Western States Investments, Salt Lake City, Utah, 67
Ada Oilers, Mobile, Ala., 90, Air Force All Stars 83
Central Insurance, Denver, Colo., 72, George Clarkson Realty, Des Moines, Iowa, 64
First round byes Phillips 66ers, Buchan Bakers, Peoria Cats, Wichita Vickers, Akron Goodyears.
Second Round (Wednesday)
Rainer Comets 85, Loyola Frosh 62
Milwaukee Allen-Bradley 76, Jacksonville Gibbs Vikings 66
Phillips 66ers 84, Marine All-Stars 66
Buchan Bakers 71, Denver Central Insurance 57
Pasadena Mirror-Glaze 86, Peoria Cats 75
Denver Central Bankers 76, King Motors 50
Ada Oilers 85, Akron Goodyears 77
Quarterfinals (Thursday)
Phillips 66ers 106, Rainer Comets 90
Buchan Bakers 68, Pasadena Mirror-Glaze 64
Milwaukee Allen-Bradley 79, Denver Central Bankers 77 (OT)
Ada Oilers 79, Wichita Vickers 74
Semifinals (Friday)
Buchan Bakers 85, Milwaukee Allen-Bradley 75
Phillips 66ers 71, Ada Oilers 69
Consolation (Saturday)
Ada Oilers 77, Milwaukee Allen-Bradley 76
Championship (Saturday)
Buchan Bakers 59, Phillips 66ers 57