Andy Zimmer
Andrew M. Zimmer (October 9, 1919 – December 20, 2005) was an American basketball player. He was an NCAA All-American at Indiana University and played on the school's first championship team in 1940.
Zimmer, a 6'5" center from Goodland High School in Goodland, Indiana, played for coach Branch McCracken at Indiana from 1939 to 1942. Zimmer came to the Hoosiers as a walk-on, but improved to the point where he was named a third team All-American by Converse in 1942.[1]
Following his college career, Zimmer served in the United States Marine Corps between 1942 and 1969. He retired as a colonel, having received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star while serving in World War II and the Korean War.[2]
Andy Zimmer was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999. He died on December 20, 2005, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.[3]
References
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- ^ Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Archived August 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 28, 2011
- ^ Andrew M. Zimmer obituary, accessed August 28, 2011
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- All-American college men's basketball players
- United States Marine Corps personnel of the Korean War
- United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
- Basketball players from Indiana
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- People from Goodland, Indiana
- United States Marine Corps colonels
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- 20th-century American sportsmen
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