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ROSTER:

NO. POS. NAME CLASS HGT. WGT. Hometown (Previous School)
    RETURNEES:        
  F/G Mitt Allen Sr.     Lawrence, KS
3 F Ray Ebling Sr.     Lindsborg, KS
  F/C Bob Holmer Jr.     Topeka, KS
  G Francis Kappelman Sr. 6'1   Lawrence, KS
  G Dave Lutton Jr.     Bartlesville, OK
  G/C/F Ray Noble Jr. 6'2   Arkansas City, KS
  F Paul Rogers Jr.     Arkansas City, KS
  F/G Wilmer Shaffer Sr.     Russell, KS
    NEW FACES:        
  C/F Marvin Cox So.     Yates Center, KS
  F Roy Holliday Jr.     Kansas City, KS
  G/F Paul Hormuth So.     Lawrence, KS
  C/G Newton Hoverstock So.     Topeka, KS
  G/F/C Don Piper Jr.     Seneca, KS
  G Fred Pralle So. 6'0   St. Louis, MO
  F/G/C Sylvester Schmidt So.     Marysville, KS
  C Noel Stewart        
  G Grant Barcus        

          * Varsity letter     Cpt. = Captain    # = Walk-on     % = Nonletterman

HEAD COACH:

Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, 19th year

Jay Plumley, Freshman coach, 4th year
Ernest Vanek, Assistant, 1st year

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('35 stats):

PLAYER LOSSES Class Hgt. POS. G/GS PTS PPG STATUS
Dick Wells Sr.   C/F 20/ 117 5.9 Graduated
Gordon Gray Sr.   G 19/ 86 4.5 Graduated
Robert Oyler Sr.   F 16/ 15 0.9 Graduated
Fred Harris Unc.   G 5/ 0 0.0  
Al Wellhausen So.   C 5/ 5 1.0 Redshirt
TOTALS       20 223 11.2  

 

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
KU lost a couple of starters from the 1935 team that went 15-5. However, the 1936 squad is very experienced, with four seniors and four juniors returning.  They will be joined by transfer Roy Holiday and incoming sophomore Fred Pralle.

 

SEASON SUMMARY:
Allen Family Dispute Nearly Disrupted Streak

Somehow Kansas managed to beat Nebraska, 43-36, on Feb. 23, 1936. Nebraska was seeking a share of its first conference title in 20 years and 7,000 fans packed the Cornhusker Gym. Things didn't look good for Kansas. Milton "Mitt" Allen, son of coach Phog Allen, had argued with his dad that week in practice. Milton sat out most of the first half but came off the bench in the second half to lead Kansas to victory. Kansas went on to win its first 21 games, a record that stood until 1996-97.
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The Jayhawks, led by All-Big Six players Ray Ebling, Francis Kappelman and Fred Pralle, won 21 straight games in the 1935-36 season.  Ebling, a native of Lindsborg, Kan., was named All-American in 1936, and Pralle was named All-American the following two years.

Ebling, one of the two “Death Rays” on the 1935-36 team (the other was Ray Noble), was the first player to lead the Big Six in scoring for three straight seasons.  He averaged 14.1 points a game in 1935-36 as KU advanced to the Olympic playoffs.  The Jayhawks beat Washburn and Oklahoma State to win the district playoffs and advanced to meet Utah State for a three-game series.  KU won the first game 39-37 in overtime but lost the last two games, ending its Olympic bid.  The first loss to Utah State ended a 23-game KU winning streak, still the longest in KU history.

Source: The Crimson & Blue Handbook, page 33.

The Jayhawks rolled through their regular season 18-0, completing the conference schedule 10-0 with 51-26 and 51-29 routs over Oklahoma and Misouri.  Ray Ebling led the conference in scoring for the third consecutive season and was again an all-American choice.  Fred Pralle and Francis Kappelman joined Ebling on the all-conference team.  Source: The Jayhawker, 1936.

1936  FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold):

CATEGORY

KU

OPP

DIFF

Ebling, Ray Noble, Ray Pralle, Fred Allen, Mitt Kappelman, Francis Holiday, Roy Rogers, Paul

Games Played/Started

23 23   23/ 23/ 23/ 23/ 21/ 17/ 13/

Points

900     287 162 157 133 87 31 14

    Per Game

      12.5 7.0 6.8 5.8 4.1 1.8 1.1

FG -Attempts

                   

       Made

338     103 64 66 45 33 11 4

       Percent

                   

FT-Attempts

                   

     Made

224     81 34 25 43 21 9 6

     Percent

                   

Statistics, Cont'd

CATEGORY Shaffer, Wilmer Cox, Marvin Lutton, Dave Holmer, Bob Piper, Don Stewart, Schmidt, Syl Hormuth, Paul Hoverstock, Newton Barcus,
Games Played/ Started 15/ 13/ 5/ 7/ 2/ 2/ 4/ 3/ 2/ 1/
Points 10 10 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
   Per Game 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FG - Attempts                    
         Made 4 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
         Percent                    
FT - Attempts                    
        Made 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Percent                    

Source:   Conference data: Basketball - 1935-1936; Non-conference data: from Kansas City Star box scores.

GAME-BY-GAME

Washburn W 35-18   Dec. 9 at Lawrence
Ottawa W 53-22   Dec. 12 at Lawrence
Baker W 34-32   Dec. 16 at Lawrence
Southern California W 34-31   Dec. 20 at Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas State W 38-23   Dec. 21 at Kansas City, Mo.
California W 32-28   Jan. 2 at Kansas City, Mo.
California W 27-18   Jan. 3 at Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas State W 28-17   Jan. 7 at Manhattan, Kan.
Iowa State W 38-17   Jan. 11 at Lawrence
Missouri W 29-25   Jan. 15 at Columbia, Mo.
Nebraska W 45-23   Jan. 20 at Lawrence
Iowa State W 42-25   Feb. 4 at Ames, Iowa
Oklahoma W 43-36   Feb. 8 at Norman, Okla.
Kansas State W 52-34   Feb. 15 at Lawrence
Washburn W 51-26   Feb. 19 at Topeka, Kan.
Nebraska W 43-36   Feb. 28 at Lincoln, Neb.
Oklahoma W 51-26   Mar. 3 at Lawrence
Missouri W 51-29   Mar. 6 at Lawrence
Washburn W 33-30   Mar. 13 at Kansas City, Mo.
        (Olympic-Missouri Valley District)
Oklahoma State W 34-28   Mar. 14 at Kansas City, Mo.
        (Olympic-Missouri Valley District)
Utah State W 39-37 * Mar. 25 at Kansas City, Mo.
          (Olympic Playoffs)
Utah State L 37-42   Mar. 26 at Kansas City, Mo.
          (Olympic Playoffs)
Utah State L 31-50   Mar. 28 at Kansas City, Mo.
          (Olympic Playoffs)
 

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