Otto Stangel a native of Two Rivers, Wisconsin

Two Rivers, Wisconsin

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, was an NCAA Men's Basketball All-American

NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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 basketball player at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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 in 1911–12. He led the Big Ten Conference

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 in scoring with 177 points, a record which stood for eight years. The Badgers

Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball

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 went undefeated in 1911–12 at 15–0 and were named co-Big Ten champions as well as retroactively-named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation

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. Helms also named Stangel an All-American in 1912

1912 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The 1912 College Basketball All-American team, as chosen by the Helms Foundation. The player highlighted by gold indicates that he was chosen as the Helms Foundation Player of the Year....

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