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495:(1932–1936)
487:(1924–1931)
479:(1918–1923)
274:Pete Newell
121:Loyola (CA)
1575:Categories
1325:Bill Bayno
1293:John Olive
1261:Ron Jacobs
1237:John Arndt
1109:No records
974:Bill Hogan
958:Bill Fusco
831:Kyle Smith
775:Pete Barry
493:Spud Lewis
388:August 18,
323:August 12,
292:References
206:basketball
102:Basketball
74:Basketball
38:1900-03-03
605:Club team
142:1924–1931
127:1942–1944
117:1936–1940
107:1923–1931
79:1923–1924
1531:Wheatley
1351:(2020– )
1333:Max Good
1189:No coach
1157:No teams
1053:No coach
992:(2019– )
912:(1941–?)
849:(2022– )
517:Al Tassi
249:at the
228:football
215:Born in
137:Football
1541:Needles
1522:Swanson
1504:Schmidt
1495:Ragland
1477:Mollner
1459:Knowles
1450:Johnson
1441:Gibbons
1205:No team
1101:Unknown
1093:No team
1085:Unknown
1077:No team
1069:Unknown
1061:No team
783:No team
703:No team
597:Unknown
557:No team
525:No team
477:No team
263:Germany
210:Olympic
186:Overall
1423:Bishop
1414:Balter
1327:(2008)
607:(1982)
575:(1963)
543:(1947)
535:(1946)
511:(1941)
471:(1917)
350:
259:Berlin
167:1941–?
64:, U.S.
47:, U.S.
1486:Piper
1468:Lubin
390:2018
348:ISBN
325:2017
52:Died
32:Born
1513:Shy
257:in
1577::
1397:–
380:.
376:.
370:.
346:.
342:.
309:.
276:,
265:.
261:,
159:AD
95:HC
1385:e
1378:t
1371:v
1031:e
1024:t
1017:v
888:e
881:t
874:v
641:e
634:t
627:v
447:e
440:t
433:v
403:.
356:.
327:.
40:)
36:(
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