ALBERTS, JERRY
Hometown: Lincoln, IL
| CATEGORY | TOTAL | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | |
| YEAR | Fr. | So. | Jr. | Sr. | ||
| POSITION | F | F | F | F | ||
| HEIGHT | 6'3 | 6'3 | 6'3 | 6'3 | ||
| WEIGHT | 176 | 181 | 193 | 193 | ||
| JERSEY | #3 | #3 | #3 | #3 | ||
| Games Played/Started | 40/ | 9/ | 17/3 | 11/ | 3/ | |
| Points | 55 | 6 | 30 | 15 | 4 | |
| Per Game | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | |
| Rebounds | 8 | |||||
| Per Game | 0.7 | |||||
| FG: Attempts | 14 | |||||
| Made | 19 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | |
| Percent | 42.9 | |||||
| FT: Attempts | 33 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 2 | |
| Made | 17 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| Percent | 51.5 | 50.0 | 54.5 | 60.0 | 0.0 | |
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1952: No letter earned
1955: No letter earned
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Jerry Alberts, a member of Kansas University's 1952 national championship basketball team, died Saturday in his hometown of Lincoln, Ill. He was 70.
The 6-foot-3 Alberts was a reserve at KU from 1951 to '55. His last-second shot from the baseline hit the rim and rolled off in KU's 69-68 loss to Indiana in the 1953 NCAA title game in Kansas City, Mo. Alberts had entered the game for B.H. Born, who had fouled out.
"He didn't play a lot. He never was a starter, but always made positive contributions to the team," said Bill Mayer, former executive editor of the Journal-World who covered Alberts during Alberts' four-year career.
"Jerry was well regarded by his teammates. The coaches liked him. He behaved himself and did things well. He always came back for all KU's (basketball) reunions. He was a fine guy." Alberts, who served in the Navy from 1955 to '57, was guidance director and basketball and tennis coach at Lincoln Community High School for 34 years.
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Lincoln, Ill. — Services for Jerry W. Alberts, 70, Lincoln, will be at 9:30 a.m. today at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln. Burial will be in Old Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Mr. Alberts died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. He was born April 3, 1933, in Lincoln, the son of Henry W. and Lorene (Bollin) Alberts.
Mr. Alberts was a member of the 1952 Kansas University national basketball championship team and the 1953 Final Four team.
Mr. Alberts was guidance director at Lincoln Community High School and a tennis and basketball coach for 34 years. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1955 to 1957. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lincoln Elks Club, Logan County Board of Realtors and Illinois Basketball Coaches Assn.
He married Hazel Rademaker on June 1, 1959, in Davenport, Iowa. She survives, of the home. Other survivors include four sons, Chuck, Tacoma, Wash., Bill, Manos, Colo., Bob, Denton, Texas, and John, Highland Park; and three grandchildren.