Facts: - death place: belleville , illinois - position: forward / center - height in: 4 - years: 1938 -- 1939 - high school: lincoln -lrb- lincoln , illinois -rrb- - coach end: 1974 - death date: 7 april 1987 - college: illinois -rrb- -lrb- 1934 -- 1935 , 1937 -- 1939 - team: hammond ciesar all-americans -lrb- nbl -rrb- - cyears: 1942 -- 1974 - cteam: east st. louis hs - height ft: 6 - birth date: 29 august 1914 - name: pick dehner - nationality: american - birth place: lincoln , illinois - coach start: 1942 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pick dehner .
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louis '' pick '' dehner , sometimes stylized as '' lewis , '' -lrb- august 29 , 1914 -- april 7 , 1987 -rrb- was an american basketball player and high school coach .he was an all-american player at the university of illinois , played professionally in the united states national basketball league , and won over 500 games as the coach for east st. louis high school in illinois .dehner was born and raised in lincoln , illinois .a 6 ' 4 '' forward/center , he played for illinois in the 1934 -- 35 season , then returned to play for the illini from 1937 to 1939 .he was a two-time all-american for the illini , and scored a then-record 25 points at madison square garden on december 27 , 1938 .following graduation , he played professionally for the hammond ciesar all-americans of the national basketball league -lrb- nbl -rrb- , a forerunner to today 's national basketball association .following the close of his professional career , dehner became a highly-successful high school coach .from 1942 until 1974 , dehner was head boys ' basketball coach for east st. louis high school , compiling a record of 549 -- 350 .in 1973 , he was named to the illinois basketball coaches inaugural hall of fame class .dehner died on april 7 , 1987 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 72 .