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Vince Hanson
Personal information
Born	December 26, 1923; Austin, Minnesota
Died	August 30, 2009 (aged 85)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Career information
High school	Lincoln (Tacoma, Washington)
College	Washington State (1942–1948)
Position	Center
Number	10
Career highlights and awards
	Consensus second-team All-American (1945); 2× First-team All-PCC (1945, 1948); WSU Athletics Hall of Fame; Pacific-10 Conference Hall of Honor;
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Vincent Garnett Hanson (December 26, 1923 – August 30, 2009) was an NCAA All-American basketball player at Washington State University (WSU) in 1944–45.^[1] Hanson was a three-sport star at WSU, playing for the basketball, baseball and track and field teams between 1942–43 and 1947–48. His best season came during his sophomore season of 1944–45.^[2] That year, Hanson set a then-national single season scoring record with 592 points,^[2]^[3] led the Cougars to win the Pacific Coast Conference championship and was named a consensus second-team All-American.^[3] He finished his college career with 1,153 points.^[3]

After graduating in 1948, Hanson was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1948 BAA Draft, although he never played professionally.^[3] He played one season of amateur basketball for the Akron Wingfoots in the AAU Basketball League.^[2] Afterward, Hanson entered the insurance business and also coached high school basketball at North Kitsap High School in Seattle, Washington.^[3]

References

^ "All-Americans". NCAA Men's Basketball. HickokSports.com. July 28, 2010. Archived from the original on December 11, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Basketball". State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame. 2010. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Cougar Great Vince Hanson Passes Away". Washington State University. September 2, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2010.

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