George Kok
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George William Kok Sr. was an American basketball player. At the University of Arkansas in the 1940s, he was one of the first true big men to dominate the game. He was the second overall pick in the 1
Kok as a senior at Arkansas
Bob Kurland
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Robert Albert Kurland was an American basketball player, who played for the two-time NCAA champion Oklahoma A&M Aggies. Standing 7-foot tall, he has been credited as the first person to dunk in a coll
George Kok
…1944–45 season, he led the team to the final four teams of the NCAA Tournament, losing to Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State) and its dominant big man, Bob Kurland, 69–41 in the regional final. Kok went on to become the first Arkansas player to score over 1,000 points in his career, finishing with 1,644 in 94…
Joseph DePietro (left) and Kurland on the way to the 1948 Summer Olympics
Kurland as a junior at Oklahoma A&M.