1956 U.S. Olympic Trials
Kansas City, Mo.
April 2-4
Invited Teams For Round Robin Play
- Buchan Bakers National AAU Champions
- Phillips Oilers AAU Second Place
- College All Stars
- Armed Forces All Stars
Day One
Armed Forces All Stars 78, Phillips Oilers 77 (OT)
College All Stars 86, Buchan Bakers 79
Day Two
Phillips Oilers 72, Buchan Bakers 64
College All Stars 82, Armed Forces All Stars 74
Day Three
Phillips Oilers 79, College All Stars 75
Buchan Bakers 82, Armed Forces All Stars 79
Final Standings
|
Team |
W |
L |
|
Phillips Oilers |
2 |
1 |
|
College All Stars |
2 |
1 |
|
Buchan Bakers |
1 |
2 |
|
Armed Forces All Stars |
1 |
2 |
By defeating the College All Stars, the Phillips Oilers were the winners of the round robin competition, earning five spots on the U.S. Olympic basketball team.
U.S. Olympic Team Selections
Phillips Oilers Chuck Darling, Burdette Haldorson, Bill Hougland, Bob Jeangerard, Jim Walsh.
College All Stars Bill Russell, K.C. Jones, Carl Cain
Armed Forces All Stars Bill Evans, Gib Ford, Ron Tomsic
Buchan Bakers Dick Boushka.
Alternates
Phillips Oilers Joe Dean.
College All Stars Hal Lear, Willie Naulls
Armed Forces All Stars Ray Warren
Buchan Bakers Charlie Koon, Terry Rand
Box scores
Day One, Game One
Armed Forces All Stars (78)
|
Player |
FG |
FT |
PF |
TP |
|
Gib Ford |
5 |
4-5 |
2 |
14 |
|
Bernie Janicki |
1 |
0-3 |
1 |
2 |
|
Jim Bingham |
2 |
3-4 |
1 |
7 |
|
Ray Warren |
4 |
1-3 |
1 |
9 |
|
Al Bianchi |
0 |
0-0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Larry Dugan |
4 |
4-4 |
4 |
12 |
|
McCoy Ingram |
1 |
0-0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Ron Tomsic |
11 |
6-7 |
1 |
28 |
|
Billy Evans |
2 |
0-0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Tom Fuller |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
30 |
18-26 |
13 |
78 |
Phillips Oilers (77)
|
Player |
FG |
FT |
PF |
TP |
|
Burdie Haldorson |
9 |
4-4 |
2 |
22 |
|
George Linn |
1 |
0-0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Arnold Short |
0 |
0-1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Joe Dean |
3 |
0-0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Chuck Darling |
4 |
1-4 |
2 |
9 |
|
Jerry Harper |
1 |
1-2 |
2 |
3 |
|
Jim Walsh |
4 |
0-0 |
3 |
8 |
|
Ray Steiner |
1 |
6-7 |
3 |
8 |
|
Bill Hougland |
4 |
2-2 |
2 |
10 |
|
Bob Jeangerard |
4 |
1-2 |
1 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
31 |
15-22 |
16 |
77 |
Day One, Game Two
Buchan Bakers (79)
|
Player |
FG |
FT |
PF |
TP |
|
Ed Halberg |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Dick Boushka |
7 |
6-11 |
2 |
20 |
|
Dean Parsons |
2 |
1-2 |
2 |
5 |
|
Dick Eicher |
0 |
0-0 |
5 |
0 |
|
Phil Jordon |
4 |
3-5 |
2 |
11 |
|
Terry Rand |
5 |
0-0 |
0 |
10 |
|
George Swyers |
3 |
0-1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Joe Cipriano |
3 |
4-8 |
1 |
10 |
|
Charlie Koon |
4 |
7-8 |
4 |
15 |
|
Frank Guisness |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Stan Glowaski |
1 |
0-0 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
29 |
21-35 |
18 |
79 |
College All Stars (86)
