- Dick Ives
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Dick Ives College Iowa Conference Big Ten Sport Basketball Position Forward Jersey # 26 Nickname Diagonal Deadeye Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight 175 lb (79 kg) Nationality American Born April 26, 1926
Diagonal, IowaDied May 5, 1997 (aged 71)
Miami, FloridaHigh school Diagonal HS
Diagonal, IowaAwards - 1945 NCAA consensus All-American
Honors - Iowa single game scoring record (43; since broken)
- First freshman to lead Big Ten in scoring
- Iowa University's all-decade team of the 1940s
Championships - 1944–45 Big Ten Conference
Richard C. "Dick" Ives (April 26, 1926 – May 5, 1997)[1] was an American basketball player for the University of Iowa from 1943–44 to 1946–47. A native of Diagonal, Iowa, Ives passed up the opportunity to play college basketball at Drake University on a full athletic scholarship so that he could play at Iowa under coach "Pops" Harrison.[2] Ives had been a stand-out basketball player at Diagonal High School and led the team to the state championship.[1]
Ives entered the University of Iowa in the fall of 1943 as a 17-year old freshman.[2] Due to World War II and the lack of able-bodied male student athletes across the nation, the NCAA allowed freshmen to play varsity sports in college, which until that time had been disallowed.[1] With this rare opportunity, Ives went on to have a highly successful four-year letter-winning career as a Hawkeye. He led the team in scoring for his first three seasons, and as a freshman he scored a then-unheard of school- and Big Ten Conference-record 43 points in a single game.[1][2] It is still the third highest scoring game in Iowa history and it earned him the nickname "Diagonal Dagger."[1] Ives was a three-time All-American, and in 1944–45 he was voted as a consensus Second Team All-American (coincidentally, fellow sophomore teammate Herb Wilkinson was also a consensus All-American).[2] That season, the Hawkeyes also won the Big Ten Conference championship.[2]
After his senior year in 1946–47, Ives was drafted by the Pittsburgh Ironmen of the Basketball Association of America (which would become the National Basketball Association) but never played a game for them.[3] He instead coached basketball and baseball at Parsons College, married Joan Newton and lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where Ives had a hardware business.[1] In 1954 they moved to Miami, Florida, and resided there for the rest of their lives.[1] Ives died on May 5, 1997 in Miami.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Dick Ives". Ringgold Co. IAGenWeb Project. June 14, 2010. http://ns2.iagenweb.org/ringgold////biographical/bio-ivesdick.html. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Maly, Ron (April 8, 1979). "Dick Ives, Diagonal, 1979". Des Moines Register. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/19790408/SPORTS11/50627028/Dick-Ives-Diagonal-1979. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Ironmen Draft Register (1947)". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PIT/draft.html. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
1945 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans First Team
Arnie Ferrin • Wyndol Gray • Billy Hassett • Bill Henry • Walt Kirk • Bob Kurland • George MikanSecond Team
Howie Dallmar • Don Grate • Dale Hall • Vince Hanson • Dick Ives • Max Morris • Herb WilkinsonCategories:- 1926 births
- 1997 deaths
- Basketball players from Iowa
- Forwards (basketball)
- Iowa Hawkeyes baseball players
- Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball players
- People from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- People from Miami, Florida
- People from Ringgold County, Iowa
- Pittsburgh Ironmen draft picks
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