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History: 1956 Championship

1956 National AAU Tournament

March 26-31 in Denver, Colorado
Final Standings

  1. Buchan Bakers, Seattle, Wash.
  2. Phillips Oilers, Bartlesville, Okla.
  3. Ada Oilers, Mobile, Ala
  4. Allen-Bradley, Milwaukee, Wisc.

Box Score, Championship Game
Buchan Bakers (59) Seattle, Washington

Player FG FT PF TP
Dean Parsons25-6 3 9
Ed Halberg 2 0-2 1 4
Phil Jordon 4 4-5 3 12
George Swyers 3 4-6 2 10
Stan Glowaski 2 0-2 0 4
Frank Guisness 0 0-1 2 0
Bruno Boin 2 1-3 3 5
Joe Cipriano 1 1-2 0 3
Charlie Koon 6 0-0 1 12
Totals 22 15-27 15 59

Phillips 66ers (57) Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Player FG FT PF TP
Bill Hougland 2 0-0 1 4
Burdette Haldorson 6 3-3 3 15
Chuck Darling 2 5-6 4 9
Jim Walsh 4 1-1 1 9
Arnold Short 4 0-0 1 8
Ron Rivers 0 1-2 1 1
Bob Jeangerard 0 4-6 4 4
Bob Mattick 2 1-3 3 5
Ray Steiner 0 0-0 1 0
Bob Dean 1 0-0 0 2
Totals 21 15-21 19 57

Buchan Bakers vs. Phillips 66ers
Championship Game Scoring

First Half

Phillips Buchan Player Team Score
0 2 Stan Glowaski Buchans field goal
2 2 Chuck Darling Phillips field goal
3 2 Chuck Darling Phillips free throw
4 2 Chuck Darling Phillips free throw
6 2 Arnold Short Phillips field goal
8 2 Jim Walsh Phillips field goal
10 2 Jim Walsh Phillips field goal
10 3 Phil Jordon Buchans free throw
10 4 Phil Jordon Buchans free throw
12 4 Burdette Haldorson Phillips field goal
12 6 Bruno Boin Buchans field goal
Five Minutes
13 6 Burdette Haldorson Phillips free throw
13 7 George Swyers Buchans free throw
13 8 George Swyers Buchans free throw
15 8 Bill Hougland Phillips field goal
15 10 Bruno Boin Buchans field goal
Ten Minutes
17 10 Bob Mattick Phillips field goal
18 10 Bob Jeangerard Phillips free throw
20 10 Arnold Short Phillips field goal
20 12 Joe Cipriano Buchans field goal
21 12 Chuck Darling Phillips free throw
22 12 Chuck Darling Phillips free throw
23 12 Bob Jeangerard Phillips free throw
23 14 Charlie Koon Buchans field goal
23 15 Dean Parsons Buchans free throw
23 16 Dean Parsons Buchans free throw
24 16 Ron Rivers Phillips free throw
24 18 Phil Jordon Buchans field goal
2420 Charlie KoonBuchans field goal
Fifteen Minutes
2421 Joe CiprianoBuchans free throw
2423 Phil JordonBuchans field goal
2425 Dean ParsonsBuchans field goal
2625 Arnold ShortPhillips field goal
2627 Stan GlowaskiBuchans field goal
2629 Charlie KoonBuchans field goal
2829 Burdette HaldorsonPhillips field goal
2831 Phil JordonBuchans field goal
2931 Burdette HaldorsonPhillips free throw
3031 Burdette HaldorsonPhillips free throw
End of First Half

Buchan Bakers 31, Phillips 66ers 30

Second Half
Phillips Buchan Player Team Score
32 31 Jim Walsh Phillips field goal
32 33 Ed Halberg Buchans field goal
34 33 Jim Walsh Phillips field goal
35 33 Jim Walsh Phillips free throw
35 34 Phil Jordon Buchans free throw
35 35 Phil Jordon Buchans free throw
37 35 Arnold Short Phillips field goal
37 37 Charlie KoonBuchans field goal
37 39 George SwyersBuchans field goal
39 39 Burdette HaldorsonPhillips field goal
        
Five Minutes
39 41 Charlie KoonBuchans field goal
41 41 Chuck DarlingPhillips field goal
41 42 Dean ParsonsBuchans free throw
41 43 Dean ParsonsBuchans free throw
42 43 Chuck DarlingPhillips free throw
44 43 Burdette HaldorsonPhillips field goal
44 44 Dean ParsonsBuchans free throw
46 44 Burdette HaldorsonPhillips field goal
46 46 George SwyersBuchans field goal
46 48 Charlie KoonBuchans field goal
48 48 Bill HouglandPhillips field goal
48 49 George SwyersBuchans free throw
49 49 Bob JeangerardPhillips free throw
51 49 Joe DeanPhillips field goal
Ten Minutes
51 50 Bruno BoinBuchans free throw
53 50 Bob MattickPhillips field goal
53 52 Phil JordonBuchans field goal
54 52 Bob JeangerardPhillips free throw
Fifteen Minutes
55 52 Bob MattickPhillips free throw
55 54 Dean Parsons Buchans field goal
55 55 George SwyersBuchans free throw
55 57 Ed HalbergBuchans field goal
57 57 Burdette HaldorsonPhillips field goal
57 59 George SwyersBuchans field goal
        
End of Game
Buchan Bakers 59, Phillips 57

Box Score, Semifinal Game Buchan
Bakers (85) Seattle, Washington

Player FG FT PF TP
Dean Parsons 4 1-3 0 9
Ed Halberg 1 0-0 3 2
Phil Jordon 1 2-3 4 4
George Swyers 7 7-12 2 21
Stan Glowaski 3 4-4 2 10
Frank Guisness 2 1-2 3 5
Bruno Boin 7 3-4 4 17
Joe Cipriano 0 2-2 0 2
Charlie Koon 5 5-6 2 15
Totals 30 25-36 20 85

Allen-Bradley (75)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin  

Player FG FT PF TP
Thomas Hyland 1 1-3 3 3
Richard Miller 10 4-6 2 24
Reuben Schulz 3 3-4 4 9
Terry Rand 7 6-10 3 20
Grant Wittberger 4 1-3 4 9
Russell Wittberger 0 0-2 0 0
Richard Noonan 1 2-2 1 4
Donald Doolin 0 0-0 0 0
Francis Miller 2 0-0 0 4
Paul Saufl 1 0-1 2 2
Totals 29 17-31 19 75

Box Score, Quarterfinal Game
Buchan Bakers (68) Seattle, Washington  

Player FG FT PF TP
Dean Parsons 2 3-4 3 7
Ed Halberg 1 0-0 3 2
Phil Jordon 4 5-7 1 13
George Swyers 10 2-2 2 22
Stan Glowaski 5 2-5 1 12
Jim Coshow 0 0-0 0 0
Frank Guisness 0 0-0 1 0
Joe Cipriano 0 2-2 1 2
Charlie Koon 3 4-5 2 10
Totals 25 18-25 14 68

Pasadena Mirror Glaze (64) Pasadena, California

Player FG FT PF TP
Bob Hopkins 5 6-7 4 16
Jim Bond 6 5-6 1 17
Marlon Davis 1 0-0 2 2
Jim Davis 7 1-3 3 15
Chalmer Cartwright 3 0-1 3 6
Clyde Cook 3 2-2 3 8
Totals 25 14-19 16 64

Box Score
First Round Buchan Bakers (71) Seattle Washington  

Player FG FT PF TP
Dean Parsons 2 0-1 0 4
Ed Halberg 1 0-1 5 2
Phil Jordon 6 1-4 3 13
George Swyers 6 0-0 1 12
Stan Glowaski 2 6-8 1 10
Jim Coshow 0 6-6 2 6
Frank Guisness 2 2-4 4 6
Bruno Boin 0 0-0 3 0
Joe Cipriano 2 0-0 1 4
Charlie Koon 6 2-4 1 14
Totals 27 17-28 21 71

Central Insurance (57) Denver, Colorado  

Player FG FT PF TP
James Osbourn 5 2-2 4 12
Dale Brooks 0 3-4 2 3
Billie Gossett 5 8-10 1 18
Wayne Tucker 1 0-2 1 2
Thomas Bowman 1 0-0 0 2
Charles Shoptaw 0 7-9 2 7
William O’Neil 3 0-0 1 6
Bryce Heffley 0 5-7 5 5
Fredrick Howell 1 0-1 1 2
Totals 16 25-35 17 57

AAU All-Americans (all-tournament team) for 1956

Charlie Koon, Buchan Bakers
George Swyers, Buchan Bakers
Burdette Haldorson, Phillips 66ers
Chuck Darling, Phillips 66ers
Jim Walsh, Phillips 66ers
Jerry Harper, Ada Oilers
George Linn, Ada Oilers
Terry Rand, Allen-Bradley
Dick Miller, Allen-Bradley
Dick Eicher, Central Bankers

First Round (Monday and Tuesday)

King Motors, Hesston, Kan., 71, St. John’s, Lunden, N.J., 59
Allen-Bradley, Milwaukee, Wisc., 83, Westover Flyers, Westover, Mass., 76
Rainer Comets, Elmwood Park, Ill., 79, Green Frog Supers, San Jose, Calif., 62
Luckett-Nix, Boulder, Colo., 59, Arkansas State College, Conway, Ark., 56
Gibbs Vikings, Jacksonville, Fla., 66, Paul’s Tobacco, Dayton, Ohio, 60
Marine All-Stars 71, Marion Kay, Brownstown, Ind., 61
Pasadena, Calif., Mirror Glaze 82, Army All-Stars 68
Loyola Frosh, New Orleans, La., 78, Western States Investments, Salt Lake City, Utah, 67 Ada Oilers, Mobile, Ala., 90, Air Force All Stars 83
Central Insurance, Denver, Colo., 72, George Clarkson Realty, Des Moines, Iowa, 64
First round byes:
Phillips 66ers, Buchan Bakers, Peoria Cats, Wichita Vickers, Akron Goodyears.

Second Round (Wednesday)

Rainer Comets 85, Loyola Frosh 62
Milwaukee Allen-Bradley 76, Jacksonville Gibbs Vikings 66
Phillips 66ers 84, Marine All-Stars 66
Buchan Bakers 71, Denver Central Insurance 57
Pasadena Mirror-Glaze 86, Peoria Cats 75
Denver Central Bankers 76, King Motors 50
Ada Oilers 85, Akron Goodyears 77

Quarterfinals (Thursday)

Phillips 66ers 106, Rainer Comets 90
Buchan Bakers 68, Pasadena Mirror-Glaze 64
Milwaukee Allen-Bradley 79, Denver Central Bankers 77 (OT)
Ada Oilers 79, Wichita Vickers 74

Semifinals (Friday)

Buchan Bakers 85, Milwaukee Allen-Bradley 75
Phillips 66ers 71, Ada Oilers 69

Consolation (Saturday)

Ada Oilers 77, Milwaukee Allen-Bradley 76

Championship (Saturday)

Buchan Bakers 59, Phillips 66ers 57