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Wa Salle College BASKETBALL 1962-63 „ A N D B O O K THE LA SALLE STORY 1863 Centennial Year 1963 La Salle College celebrates its Centennial Year, mark- ing 100 years of service to higher education and the Com- munity of Phi ladelphia, during the 1962-63 Academic Year. The Col lege was founded March 20, 1863 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools. By 1929, having outgrown three previous locations in Philadelphia, the campus was moved to its present 30 acre site at 20th Street and Olney Avenue, in the Olney section of the city. The Evening Division was inaugurated in 1946 in response to the needs of Indus- try throughout the metropolitan area. Since 1945, La Salle has experienced the most dramatic period of expansion in its history. Present enrollment in both Day and Evening Divisions is nearly 5000 students, as compared to 1940 enrollment of about 400. In the last 15 years, ten new buildings have been added to the cam- pus. Both the Day and Evening Divisions offer degree programs in Arts and Sciences and Business Administra- tion. Six modern residence halls accommodate over 400 out of town students. The fifth and sixth units opened in September, 1962. A $2 million, three story College Union Building, completed in 1959, includes a Little Theatre as well as dining halls, assembly rooms, ballroom and other student facilities. The $2.5 million Science Center, which hous es modern lecture rooms and labora tory facilities for study and re search in Biology, Chemistry Geology, Physics and Psychology was opened in 1960. Now on the drawing boards are a new class- room building, a chapel and an athletic activities building. Additional educational areas are located on the Elkins Park 52 acre campus and on an 80 acre area in Springfield Township. In 1950, the Army Artillery ROTC pro- gram was initiated and now numbers more than 1400 cadets. IlliCilI] LA SALLE COLLEGE 1962-63 BASKETBALL HANDBOOK Section /—The 1962-63 Season The La Salie Story Inside Front Cover James J. Henry, Athletic Director 2 Donald W. (Dudey) Moore, Head Basketball Coach 2 Charles (Buddy) Donnelly, Freshman Coach 3 Faculty Committee on Athletics 3 Varsity Roster 4 Season at a Glance 5 Key to Pronunciation 5 Coach's Prospects for the Season 6 Profiles on the Explorers 7 Opponent X-Rays 14 Freshman Roster and Schedule 23 Major Press Outlets 24 1962-63 Varsity Schedule Back Cover Section \\—The Records Last Year's Game-by-Game Scoring Chart 1 I All Time Records vs. 1962-63 Opponents 12-13 Year-by-Year La Salle Statistics 12-13 Final 1961-62 Varsity Statistics, Results 18 All Time Records 18 Tournament Records 20 Coaching Records 20 Tom Gola, Ail-American 20 All-Time Records vs. All College Opponents 21 1961-62 Middle Atlantic Conference Standings 22 La Salle College Hall of Athletes Inside Back Cover (Cover Photo: Coach Dudey Moore and 1962-63 co-captains Tony Abbott (left) and Bill Raftery.) This brochure is dedicated to the members of the Press, Radio and Television corps by La Salle College's News Bureau with the cooperation of the College's Department of Athletics. For further information, please call, write or wire: ROBERT S. LYONS, JR. Sports Information Director La Salle College News Bureau Philadelphia 41, Pennsylvania Office Phone: Victor 8-8300, Ext. 301 Home Phone: HAncock 4-1862 Limited quantity of Handbooks available to the Public at 25C each. THE 1962-63 SEASON Athletics Staff James J. Henry Director of Athletics It might be considered somewhat ironic that James J. Henry should be Director of Athletics at La Salle College, a school that has not had a football team since 1941, for football has played a great part in Jim Henry's life. Before being graduated from Villanova in 1930, Henry received Ail-American honorable mention as an end, and when he came to La ^^^M ^^^^ Salle in 1930, he was soon named line coach, I then head football coach in 1940 and 1941. ^H & ^H I In 1961 he was the president of the Eastern ^B jSjtt ^H I Intercollegiate Football Officials Association, ^^^M MR ^^^^m an<j s |j|| officiates many of the nation's top grid contests, i.e., Navy-Notre Dame, Princeton-Harvard, Army-Navy. Football, however, is only part of the story of Jim Henry, for he is a man devoted not merely to a single sport, but to athletics and what college athletics stand for. In his 32 years at La Salle, he has given of his time and energy equally for all sports; he coached the 1931 Explorer basketball team to a 15-4 record and started La Salle's crew, the first Catholic college crew in the nation. He also serves on the executive committee of the Middle Atlantic States Athletic Conference. La Salle's athletic director since 1934, Henry received the honorary degree of doctor of law from the college in 1955 and is now pro- fessor of Finance on the faculty. He and his wife have four adult children, one of whom is a member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, the teaching order that conducts La Salle. Donald W. (Dudey) Moore Head Basketball Coach IFifth Season) This year beginning his fifteenth year of outstanding collegiate coaching, "Dudey" has long been ranked among the top coaches in college basketball, with a reputa- tion as one of the best defensive strategists in the game. In four seasons as head basketball coach at La Salle College and ten campaigns as Duquesne's court mentor, "Dudey" has com- piled a 254 won, 99 lost lifetime college record — an amazing .719 percentage that places him among the top twenty major college basketball coaches. In his initial four seasons at La Salle, "Dudey" has posted an impressive 63 won, 29 lost record. "Dudey" became head coach at Duquesne during the 1948-49 season. In a decade, his Dukes rolled to 191 wins against only 70 defeats and participated in post-season tournaments in seven of the ten seasons. His teams were near the top in national rankings in eight of the years, and "Dudey" took the Dukes into six National Invitation Tournaments, winning the NIT title in 1955. "Dudey" is the only coach whose teams reached the semi-finals of the NIT four consecu- five times. He developed three Duquesne All-Americans—Chuck Cooper, Sihugo Green, and Dick Ricketts, and led the Dukes to ECAC Holiday Festival titles in 1953 and 1954. A star guard on Duquesne's legendary "Iron Dukes" quintet of 1930-34, "Dudey" was a "work-horse"—missing only one game in four years—and a key member of the Chick Davies squad that com- piled a 23-game victory skein in 1933-34. Twice (1952 and 1954) named College Coach of the Year by United Press International, "Dudey" has had only one losing season in 26 years of high school and college coaching. He coached at famed Sharon (Pa.) High before returning to his alma mater as head basketball coach. "Dudey" was named Coach of the Year by the New York Basketball Writers in 1952 and won the same accolade from Philadelphia's scribes in 1955. During the summer of 1961, he coached the victorious U.S. court entry in Israel's Maccabiah Games at Tel Aviv. Coach Moore and his wife, Bernice, have two children and live in suburban Meadowbrook, Pa. His son, Donald, a 1962 La Salle graduate, is a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Charles F. [Buddy) Donnelly Freshman Basketball Coach IFirst Season) ^^^^^t Charles P. (Buddy) Donnelly, one of the ^^ most colorful backcourt stars ever to play for the Explorers, captained La Salle's 1952 Jr&} ^^ National Invitation Tournament Champion- \ 1 . ship team. I * - An excellent playmaker, Donnelly led the ^^J^. ^. team in assists during his senior year as the ^^K^^ ^^^^ Explorers upset Dayton for the NIT title, V -M V /-lJ I reached the semifinals of the Olympic Trials fi. JH I and finished with a 25-7 record. In all, he ^Afs^H I played three years of varsity ball under ^Ul I Ken Loeffler. After graduation Donnelly entered the Army and captained the Fort Belvoir basket- ball team that won the All-Army Tournament. In 1954, he started his coaching career, guiding Belvoir to the Military District of Washing- ton Championship and a third place finish in the All-Army Tourney. Teammates included former Duke All American and current Pittsburgh shortstop, Dick Groat, and former La Salle and Warriors' star, Jack George. For the past eight years Donnelly has been head basketball coach at Philadelphia's Father Judge High School. He guided Judge to the Catholic League playoffs four times in seven attempts and reached the finals twice. His overall league record was 63-36. Present collegiate stars developed by Donnelly include La Salle's sophomore center, George Sutor, and Notre Dame captain, John Andreoli.