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en route to 17 points. The All-Stars also lost the NBL championships in 1942–43 and 1945–46 while Englund played for them. Although he was never a superstar in the league, he did manage to finish third all-time in NBL points scored when the league merged with the
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where he graduated in 1936. When deciding where to play college basketball, he decided to stick close to home and enrolled at the University of Wisconsin (now
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At age 32 in 1949–50, Englund was well past his basketball playing prime. He lasted only one season in the NBA, splitting the year with first the
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When Englund graduated from college in the spring of 1941, the major professional basketball league was the
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for the remainder of the year. He compiled a 3–1 regular season record and a 3–4 playoffs record as coach.
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games, which set a new conference scoring record at the time, and was also named the Big Ten
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Special voting by the media selected Bobby McDermott as the NBL's all-time greatest player
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As a 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), 205-lb (93 kg)
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for the Big Ten and NBA. He died on November 5, 1995, in
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After his playing career was over, Englund became an
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Eugene England

Kenosha, Wisconsin
Winnebago, Wisconsin
Bradford
Wisconsin
Forward
center
Oshkosh All-Stars
Brooklyn Indians
1949–1950
Boston Celtics
1950
Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Oshkosh All-Stars
NBL champion
All-NBL First Team
NCAA champion
1941
All-American
1941
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Stats
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