JOHN WULF

WULF, JOHN

Hometowns:  Manitoba, Canada and Portland, OR (Vancouver High School, Vancouver, WA)

CATEGORY   TOTAL   1921 1922 1923
YEAR     So. Jr. Sr.
POSITION     C C C
HEIGHT     6'4 6'4 6'4
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Games Played/Started     16
Points     88
   Per Game     5.5
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1921:  Lettered.

1922:  Lettered, Starter

1923:  Lettered, Starter, All- MVC.  MVC stats shown.

Won five letters his senior year in high school and set basketball scoring record of 46 points in one game.  His coach was an admirer of Phog Allen and convinced Wulf that he should attend Kansas.  After long trip east to Lawrence and enrolling in school for his freshman year, Wulf had one dollar left in his pocket.  He secured job at 25 cents per hour and ate graham crackers and soup until payday, 14 days later.  Wulf subsequently played three years with K.U. varsity on some of its greatest teams.  Earned All-Missouri Valley honors his senior year, 1923.  Following graduation he played four seasons with AAU Hillyards (1924-27), All-American 1926.  Officiated in Big 6 and Missouri Valley conferences. Now President of Publishers Business Services, Inc., company born in depression.  Source: Who's Who in Basketball, Ronald L. Mendell, 1973, Arlington House.