 Pralle with thePhillips 66ers. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1916-04-10)April 10, 1916 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | November 6, 1998(1998-11-06) (aged 82) Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| College | Kansas (1935–1938) |
| Position | Guard |
| Number | 5 |
| Career history | |
| 1938–1945 | Phillips 66ers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Fred J. Pralle (April 10, 1916 – November 6, 1998) was an Americancollege basketball standout at theUniversity of Kansas from 1935to 1938. In his three varsity seasons,Kansas won all threeBig Six Conference regular season championships. Pralle led the Jayhawks in scoring in each of his last two seasons, and as asenior he also led the conference in scoring with a 10.7 points per game average. He was twice named anNCAA All-American (1937, 1938), and in 1938 he became Kansas' first ever play to be honored as aconsensus All-American.
After his collegiate career, Pralle played in theAmateur Athletic Union (AAU) with the national AAU powerPhillips 66ers. During his seven-year career with the team, the 66ers won threenational championships (1940, 1943–44) and were runners-up in two others (1939, 1942). Pralle sustained a knee injury just before the 1945 AAU Tournament derailed his basketball career. He eventually played baseball in theKansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League with the Bartlesville Oilers before quitting professional sports.
Pralle died on November 6, 1998.[1]