Gene Vance
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Vance played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini where he led the team as a member of the famed "Whiz Kids" of the 1940s. He and the other Whiz Kids, Andy Phillip, Art Mathisen, Ken Menke, and Jack Smiley, are regarded as some of Illinois' all-time greats, but only he and Phillip are on the team's all-century team. Vance and his Whiz Kids teammates left basketball to serve in World War II in 1943. Vance was selected by the Stags in the 1948 NBA draft, and played professionally for five seasons. He served as the athletic director of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1967 to 1972.[1]
Vance was married to Grace Hoberg from 1943 until her death from stomach cancer in 1980. They had four children and seven grandchildren together. Vance later married Janann Duffy. He died on February 16, 2012, at age 88.[1]
Honors
- 1973, Inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame as a player.[2]
- 2004, Elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team".[3]
- December 18, 2006, The post office in his hometown of Clinton was named the "Gene Vance Post Office" in his honor.
- September 13, 2008 Awarded as one of the thirty-three honored jerseys which hang in the State Farm Center to show regard for being the most decorated basketball players in the University of Illinois' history.
College and professional statistics
University of Illinois
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| 1941–42 | 23 | 98 | 4.2 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Big Ten Champions |
| 1942–43 | 18 | 126 | 7.0 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Big Ten Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions |
| 1946–47 | 20 | 135 | 6.75 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | — |
| Totals | 61 | 359 | 5.9 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". |
BAA/NBA
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | ||
| PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high | ||
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947–48 | Chicago | 48 | – | .264 | .603 | – | 1.0 | 8.4 |
| 1948–49 | Chicago | 56 | – | .338 | .724 | – | 3.0 | 10.3 |
| Template:Nbay | Tri-Cities | 35 | – | .338 | .717 | – | 3.5 | 8.7 |
| Template:Nbay | Tri-Cities | 29 | – | .404 | .701 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 4.8 |
| Template:Nbay | Milwaukee | 7 | 16.9 | .269 | .643 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| Career | 175 | 16.9 | .315 | .687 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 8.3 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Chicago | 5 | – | .258 | .765 | – | .2 | 9.4 |
| 1949 | Chicago | 2 | – | .229 | .833 | – | 3.5 | 10.5 |
| Template:Nbay | Tri-Cities | 3 | – | .226 | .500 | – | 3.0 | 6.3 |
| Career | 10 | – | .242 | .697 | – | 1.7 | 8.7 | |
References
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