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Bob Hantho

Robert E. Hantho

  • Class
    1958
  • Induction
    1989
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Basketball
Graduated with school's rebounding record ... Co-captain of 1957-58 basketball team that went to the NCAA College Division Tournament with a 14-4 record ... RPI lost both tournament games but Hantho scored 45 points in the two games and was named to the All-Tournament Team ... The outstanding player on a team which emphasized defense ... Led in scoring with a 16.0 average and hauled in an average of 13.3 rebounds per game ... Typical of his attitude was his performance in an overtime victory over Colgate in December, 1957 ... Hantho scored 23 points and grabbed 23 rebounds in leading the team to its first win over Colgate in 10 years ... And he did all that wearing a cast on his left arm from the elbow to the wrist ... Played tackle and end on both offense and defense in football ... Metallurgical Engineering ... A.B. Davis High School ... Went on to work as mechanical engineer at Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia.
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