The 1939 NCAA Basketball Championship Game was the final of the 1939 NCAA basketball tournament and the first NCAA tournament title game. The contest was held on March 27, 1939, at Patten Gymnasium in
The Patten Gymnasium in Evanston, Illinois, hosted the first national championship game.
Ohio State team
Oregon team
Official game program
John H. Dick
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John H. Dick was an American basketball player and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.
1939 NCAA basketball championship game
…best-of-three PCC championship series. The Webfoots returned all five starters from the 1937–38 team: center Slim Wintermute, forwards Lauren Gale and John H. Dick, and guards Bobby Anet and Wally Johansen. The team was nicknamed the "Tall Firs" due to its collective height, and employed a fast-paced style of play…
Dick from the 1939 Oregana
Dick bells in The Chapel of the Holy Child