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{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jack Dana
| name = Jack Dana
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| career_end =
| highlights =
| highlights =
*[[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[1942 NCAA Basketball Tournament|1942]])
*[[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[1942 NCAA basketball tournament|1942]])
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'''Jack Herbert Dana''' (December 17, 1921 – January 1983) was an American [[basketball]] player.
'''Jack Herbert Dana''' (December 17, 1921 – January 1983) was an [[Americans|American]] [[basketball]] player.


==Basketball career==
==Basketball career==
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|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]
|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]
|date=March 25, 1998
|date=March 25, 1998
|accessdate=September 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name=migdol>{{cite book
|access-date=September 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name=migdol>{{cite book
|last=Migdol
|last=Migdol
|first=Gary
|first=Gary
|title=Stanford: Home of Champions
|title=Stanford: Home of Champions
|page=102
|page=102
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ntBDmB_fYo8C&pg=PA5&sig=dQ8cE2nu119h8RZV4EXWYihBK90#PPA102,M1
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ntBDmB_fYo8C&pg=PA5
|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC
|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC
|year=1997
|year=1997
|location=
|isbn=1-57167-116-1
|isbn=1-57167-116-1
|accessdate =}}</ref> He was a reserve on [[1941–42 Stanford Indians men's basketball team|Stanford's 1942 national championship team]], but in the [[1942 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|championship game]], starting forward [[Jim Pollard]] had the flu and was unable to play. Dana started in Pollard's place, played all 40 minutes, and scored 14 points, one point behind high scorer [[Howie Dallmar]].<ref name=migdol/><ref name=espn>{{cite web
}}</ref> He was a reserve on [[1941–42 Stanford Indians men's basketball team|Stanford's 1942 national championship team]], but in the [[1942 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|championship game]], starting forward [[Jim Pollard]] had the flu and was unable to play. Dana started in Pollard's place, played all 40 minutes, and scored 14 points, one point behind high scorer [[Howie Dallmar]].<ref name=migdol/><ref name=espn>{{cite web
|url=http://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?replayId=996
|url=http://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?replayId=996
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107152254/http://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?replayId=996
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=November 7, 2012
|title=Dartmouth Big Green vs. Stanford Cardinal - Box Score - 1942
|title=Dartmouth Big Green vs. Stanford Cardinal - Box Score - 1942
|publisher=ESPN.com
|work=ESPN.com
|accessdate=September 15, 2011}}</ref>
|access-date=September 15, 2011}}</ref>


==After college==
==After college==
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|date=February 3, 1948
|date=February 3, 1948
|newspaper=[[New York Times]]
|newspaper=[[New York Times]]
|accessdate=September 15, 2011
|access-date=September 15, 2011
}}</ref> Dana was a prominent insurance broker. He and his wife had two children and were married until his wife's suicide in 1970.<ref>{{cite news
}}</ref> Dana was a prominent insurance broker. He and his wife had two children and were married until his wife's suicide in 1970.<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hvIsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KGYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6290,3196291
|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hvIsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KGYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6290,3196291
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|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune
|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune
|date=February 11, 1970
|date=February 11, 1970
|accessdate=September 15, 2011
|access-date=September 15, 2011
}}</ref> Dana died in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|accessdate=September 15, 2011}}</ref> He was posthumously inducted into the Piedmont High School sports hall of fame.
}}</ref> Dana died in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|access-date=September 15, 2011}}</ref> He was posthumously inducted into the Piedmont High School sports hall of fame.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:American naval personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:American men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Basketball players at the 1942 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four]]
[[Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II]]
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[[Category:Basketball players from California]]
[[Category:Forwards (basketball)]]
[[Category:Forwards (basketball)]]
[[Category:People from Piedmont, California]]
[[Category:People from Piedmont, California]]
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[[Category:Basketball players from Alameda County, California]]
[[Category:Stanford Cardinal men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Stanford Cardinal men's basketball players]]
[[Category:United States Navy officers]]
[[Category:United States Navy officers]]
[[Category:Military personnel from California]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]




Latest revision as of 22:03, 3 October 2024

Jack Dana
Personal information
BornDecember 17, 1921
DiedJanuary 1983 (aged 62)
Lafayette, California
NationalityAmerican
Career information
High schoolPiedmont (Piedmont, California)
CollegeStanford (1941–1943)
PositionForward
Career highlights and awards

Jack Herbert Dana (December 17, 1921 – January 1983) was an American basketball player.

Basketball career

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A forward from Piedmont High School in Piedmont, California, Dana played collegiately for Stanford University.[1][2] He was a reserve on Stanford's 1942 national championship team, but in the championship game, starting forward Jim Pollard had the flu and was unable to play. Dana started in Pollard's place, played all 40 minutes, and scored 14 points, one point behind high scorer Howie Dallmar.[2][3]

After college

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Dana received an engineering degree from Stanford, then served in the United States Navy during World War II, and was honorably discharged as a lieutenant. He earned an MBA from Stanford and married Renée Cohu, daughter of airline executive La Motte Cohu, in 1948.[4] Dana was a prominent insurance broker. He and his wife had two children and were married until his wife's suicide in 1970.[5] Dana died in 1983.[6] He was posthumously inducted into the Piedmont High School sports hall of fame.

References

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  1. ^ Chapin, Dwight (March 25, 1998). "'42 champs pull for repeat in '98". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 102. ISBN 1-57167-116-1.
  3. ^ "Dartmouth Big Green vs. Stanford Cardinal - Box Score - 1942". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  4. ^ "Jack Dana to wed Miss Renee Cohu" (PDF). New York Times. February 3, 1948. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  5. ^ "Woman found dead in Miami is missing California socialite". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. February 11, 1970. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  6. ^ "Social Security Death Index". Retrieved September 15, 2011.


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