Beaver men's basketball team 1940-41
Here's the Bluffton College men's basketball team during the 1940-41 season.
Back row from left, A.C. Burcky, coach, Ray Holcomb, Richard Wenger, Duane Tway, Robert Lehman, Elmer Ramga, manager.
Center row from left, Melvin Yoder, Alvin Ramseyer, Dale Reichenbach, Robert Heiks, George Radulovich.
From from left, Harold Lehman, Charles Truax, Jose Alonzo, Fernon Loganbill and John Thutt.
The team had, what today would seem an impossible schedule:
Bowling Green SU
Mt. Union
University of Toledo
Kenyon
Wilberforce
Ohio Northern University
Tri-State College
Defiance
Cedarville
Alumni
Ohio Northern
Kenyon
Findlay
Defiance
Cedarville
Tri-State College
From the the team had 7 sevens and 10 losses.
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