Vic Hanson
This article refers to the college athlete. For the historian, please see Victor Davis Hanson
Victor A. Hanson (July 30, 1903 – April 10, 1982) was a well-known multi-sport college athlete in the 1920s. At Syracuse University (1923-27) he played basketball, football and baseball, and captained all three sports.
The Watertown, New York native is one of Syracuse's greatest all-around athletes (see Jim Brown for another all-around great). He was named an All-American in both basketball and football three consecutive times (1925-27). Following his college career, he shortly played with the Cleveland Rosenblums in the American Basketball League (1925-1955), but then formed a basketball team by himself, the All-Americans of Syracuse. He was also signed by the New York Yankees and played two years in their farm system.[citation needed].
While at Syracuse, Hanson was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity.
Hanson is the only player in history to be enshrined in both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1960) and the College Football Hall of Fame (1973). Syracuse University retired his Number 8 basketball jersey in a ceremony at the Carrier Dome.
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- 1903 births
- 1982 deaths
- All-American college football players
- American basketball players
- Cleveland Rosenblums players
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- People from Watertown, New York
- Syracuse Orange baseball players
- Syracuse Orange football players
- Syracuse Orange men's basketball players
