B. H. BORN  

BORN, Bertram H.

Hometown:  Medicine Lodge, KS

B.H. Born
 
CATEGORY   TOTAL   1952 1953 1954
YEAR     So. Jr. Sr.
POSITION     C C C
HEIGHT     6'9 6'9 6'9
WEIGHT     195 200 205
JERSEY     23 23 23
Games Played/Started 73/   27/ 25/ 21/
Points 918   46 474 398
   Per Game 12.6   1.6 18.9 19.0
Rebounds 515   33 280 202
   Per Game          
FG: Attempts          
       Made 308   14 163 131
       Percent          
FT: Attempts 470   31 234 205
       Made 303   19 148 136
       Percent 64.5   61.3 63.2 66.3
Production Points/Game          
Production Points/Minute '5          

All Big 7 - '53. '54

All-American - '53

Conference Scoring Champ - '53

Outstanding Player in NCAA Tourney - '53

Co-captain - '54

Member of 1952 Olympic team

The successor to Clyde Lovellette, B. H. Born nearly led KU to  a repeat NCAA championship as a junior in 1953.  KU lost in the final, 69-68, to Indiana, but Born was named the tourney’s most valuable player.  He was an NCAA All-American that year developing rapidly after his sophomore year during which he backed up Lovellette on the Jayhawks’ national championship team.  As a senior in ’54, Born captained Kansas and was a repeat selection as All-Big Seven.

Source:  Kansas Sports Hall of Fame)

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

Pro career: 1952-54 Round drafted: 3 Fort Wayne Pistons (NBA)

Played AAU basketball until the late 1950s with the Peoria (Ill.) Caterpillars before going to work in the personnel office for Caterpillar Bulldozers. He spent his entire career working for Caterpillar until his retirement.

B. H. Born: A Century of Basketball

B. H. Born - KU Athletics web site.    

Born played key role on, off court at KU, February 24, 2002

Born Blvd.: Medicine Lodge to name street, gym for B. H. Born

Born first to 3D, March 27, 2009

B. H. retired after 43 years with Caterpillar, lives in Illinois where he is vice president of the Alzheimer's Association for 19 counties. "I sometimes forget to go to the meetings," Born said.