Earl Mueller

Earl Mueller
College	Colorado College
Sport	Basketball
Position	Center
Nickname	"Dutch"
Nationality	American
Died	1932
Awards
1925 Helms Athletic Foundation POY 1925 NCAA All-American

Earl Edmond "Dutch" Mueller (? – 1932) was an American college basketball player. He was the 1925 national player of the year as a center at Colorado College.

Mueller, from Saint Joseph, Missouri, was an early college basketball standout at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He played two seasons for the Tigers, leading the team to two Colorado–Wyoming Conference titles. Mueller played the center position and was known for his ball-handling and pivot play. He was retroactively named an All-American and national player of the year for 1925 by the Helms Athletic Foundation in 1943.^[1]

Following the completion of his college career, Mueller returned to his hometown and played Amateur Athletic Union basketball with Hillyard, Inc.. Mueller won an AAU championship with Hillyard in 1926.^[2]

Mueller died in 1932 after an appendix operation.^[1] He was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Hall of Fame in 1952.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Foundation honors two C. C. athletes". Colorado College Alumni News 9 (3): 4. March 1943. 
2. ^ The Hillyard Contribution to Basketball, accessed December 9, 2010
3. ^ 2009-10 NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches Manual, pg. 38, accessed December 9, 2010

Persondata
Name	Mueller, Earl
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1932
Place of death