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Don Rehfeldt

  • Class
  • Induction
    1950
  • Honors
    Men's Basketball (1950)
  • Earned first-team All-America honors in 1950, the last Badger to receive that distinction
  • Named the All-Big Ten center in both 1949 and 1950
  • Two-time Big Ten scoring champion with 229 points as a junior and 265 as a senior
  • Big Ten Most Valuable Player in 1950 and the Badger MVP his final two seasons
  • Set the Wisconsin career scoring record (1,169 points) and became the first UW player to eclipse the 1,000-point mark
  • Scored 35 points vs. Northwestern in 1950, a mark that stood as the school record for 15 seasons
  • Played on the 1947 Big Ten title team after returning from military service in the second semester
  • Second player chosen in the 1950 NBA draft by the Baltimore Bullets
  • Inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame
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