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La Salle University La Salle University Digital Commons La Salle Basketball Media Guides University Publications 1967 La Salle Basketball 1967-68 La Salle University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/basketball_media_guides Recommended Citation La Salle University, "La Salle Basketball 1967-68" (1967). La Salle Basketball Media Guides. 11. http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/basketball_media_guides/11 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at La Salle University Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in La Salle Basketball Media Guides by an authorized administrator of La Salle University Digital Commons. 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Henry, Athletic Director 4 Jim Harding, Head Coach 4 Bill Wilson, Freshman Coach 5 La Salle's Faculty Athletic Committee 5 Coach's Prospects for the Season 6 Profiles of the Explorer Players 7 Opponent X-Rays 13 Freshman Roster and Schedule 48 Section II—Past Records Year-by-Year Explorer Summary 24-25 All-Time Leading Scorers and Coaching Records 24-25 Last Year's Game-by-Game Scoring Chart 32 Final 1966-67 Varsity Statistics, Results 33 1966-67 Big Five Standings 33 Individual and Team Records (Ail-Time) 34 Explorer Century Marks; Top Rookie Scorers 35 Tournament Results (Holiday and Post Season) 36 Series Records vs. All College Opponents 38 La Salle's 1966-67 All-Opponent Team 38 Year-by-Year Explorer Results 41 La Salle's National Rankings; 1966-67 Explorer Attendance 47 (Cover artwork of coach Jim Harding by Jim Ponter) La Salle Photography by Charles F. Sibre This handbook 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, Penna. 19141 Office Phone: (Area Code 215) Victor 8-8300, Ext. 286 Home Phone: CApital 4-4776 Limited quantity of Handbooks available to the Public at 50* each. 1 1967-68 SEASON AT A GLANCE LOCATION: 20th St. and Olney Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19141 TELEPHONE: (Area Code 215) Victor 8-8300 HOME COURT: The Palestra, University of Pennsylvania Campus, 34th and Spruce Sts. (Capacity 9,200) COLORS: Blue and Gold TEAM NICKNAME: Explorers UNIFORMS: Home—White with Blue and Gold Trim; Away— Blue with Gold Trim 1967 ENROLLMENT: 6,306 (Day and Eve.) COLLEGE FOUNDED: 1863 CONFERENCE: Middle Atlantic (University Division), Philadelphia's "Big Five," Eastern Collegiate Athletic (ECAC). PRESIDENT: Brother Daniel Bernian, F.S.C., Ph.D. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: James J. Henry (Villanova, '30) SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: Robert S. Lyons, Jr. (La Salle, '61) HEAD BASKETBALL COACH: James F. Harding (Iowa, '49)—First Year. Lifetime Record: Four Years—Won 73, Lost 21 (.777) FRESHMAN COACH: William H. Wilson (Gannon, '67)— First Year TEAM PHYSICIAN: Dr. Eugene Gallagher ATHLETIC TRAINER: John Greer EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Charles M. Loughran 1966-67 TEAM RECORD: Won 14. Lost 12 HIGHEST 1966-67 HONORS: Finished second in Vanderbilt Tourney and Middle Atlantic Conference Playoffs LETTERMEN LOST: (2) 6-4 George Paull and 6-0 Hubie Marshall LETTERMEN RETURNING: (5) 6-7 Stan Wlodarczyk, 6-5 Larry Cannon, 6-4 Dave Bednarik, 6-3 Bernie Williams, 6-3 Dave Ervin CHIEF SOPHOMORE CANDIDATES: (5) 6-8 Ed Szczesny, 6-4 Ed Holzer, 6-3 Stan Witalec, 6-0 Roland Taylor, 5-11 Fran Dunphy NEW OPPONENTS FOR 1967-68: Rider, Morehead State, Bucknell and West Chester (all series resumed) 1967-68 CAPTAIN: Game Captains PRONUNCIATION GUIDE BEDNARIK ....bed-NAR'-ick ERVIN ERR'-vin SZCZESNY CHEZZ'-nee WITALEC wi-TA'-lick WLODARCZYK la-DAR'-zak The 1967-68 Season 1 14 1967-1968 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 varsity 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 All American honorable mention at end, and when he came to La Salle in 1930 he was named line coach, then head coach in 1940 and 1941. In 1961 he was president of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Officials Association, and he officiated many of the nation's top grid contests for some 25 years before retiring after the 1964 Army-Navy Game. 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 37 years at La Salle—33 of which have been spent as Athletic Director—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 helped organize La Salle's crew, the first Catholic College crew in the nation. A total of nine varsity sports bring national recognition to the college through his guidance. Mr. Henry has served on many committees including the Eligibility Committee of the Middle Atlantic Conference and Holiday Tournament Selection Committee of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference. He is also vice president of the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame, Maxwell Memorial Football Club and the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference. A Professor of Finance on La Salle's faculty, Henry received the honorary degree of doctor of law from the college in 1955. He and his wife have three adult children. JAMES F. HARDING Head Basketball Coach (First Season) Jim Harding, a defensive special- ist who has guided every high school and college team he has handled to its greatest record in history, makes his La Salle College coaching debut in 1967-68. Harding's brilliant collegiate rec- ord includes one season at Loyola University (New Orleans) and three years as coach and Athletic Director at Gannon College, Erie, Pa. His Loyola team had a 16-8 regular-season record, including a third place finish in the Sugar Bowl Tourney, then lost to Oklahoma State in the first round of the NCAA Tourney. At Gannon, Harding's three year record (1963 to 1966) was 57-12 including consecutive 20-3 seasons his last two years. His 1964-65 squad was ranked sixth nationally among the small colleges. He was chosen "Coach of the Year in Pennsylvania Colleges" the following year as Gannon finished seventh nationally. Two of his Gannon teams finished in the nation's top ten defensively. His last game as coach of the Golden Knights was a historic five over- time marathon against Youngstown which Gannon won, 72-71, tying the national collegiate record for length of a game. Harding, 38, resigned from Gannon in 1966 to accept an executive business position in Milwaukee. However, he remained active in basket- ball during the 1966-67 campaign as a scout, clinic speaker and tele- vision commentator. His overall high school coaching record was 107-23 including a brilliant 56-9 mark at Marquette University High School, Milwaukee.