Bob Houbregs

Robert J. Houbregs (March 12, 1932 – May 28, 2014) was a Canadian-born forward-centre who grew up in Seattle, Washington after his family relocated from Vancouver, British Columbia. He played for the University of Washington Huskies from 1949 to 1953, earning Second Team Consensus All-America honors in 1952 and NCAA Player of the Year in 1953, when he also led Washington to the Final Four and averaged 34.8 points per game in the tournament. He scored 42 points against LSU in the national third-place game, the first player to reach 40 or more in an NCAA Final Four contest. Drafted third overall by the Milwaukee Hawks in 1953, Houbregs played five NBA seasons with the Hawks, Baltimore Bullets, Boston Celtics, and Fort Wayne Pistons. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987.