Ed Voss

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Ed Voss
Personal information
Born1922
DiedMarch 21, 1953 (aged 31)
Listed height6 ft 5.5 in (1.97 m)
Career information
High schoolUniversity (Oakland, California)
CollegeStanford (1940–1943)
PositionCenter
Number5
Career highlights
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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Ed Voss (1922 – March 21, 1953) was an American basketball player.

College basketball career

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A 6 ft 5.5 in (197 cm) center from University High School in Oakland, California, Voss played collegiately for Stanford University.[1][2] As the team's starting center, he helped Stanford to the 1942 NCAA Championship, in which he played all 40 minutes and scored 13 points.[3]

After college

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Following his college career, Voss played for the Oakland Bittners of the Amateur Athletic Union, and was a member of the Bittners' 1949 AAU championship team.[4] Married with three children, he died of polio at the age of 31, a month after his 7-year-old son also succumbed to the disease.[4] He is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.

References

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