conference championships death_date color nationality article_title fontcolor position sport birth_date college name
eastern intercollegiate league yes june 1970 -lrb- aged 77 -rrb- #b 31b1b american gil halstead
 #ffffff center basketball april 1 , 1893 cornell gil halstead
gil halstead

george `` gil '' halstead -lrb- april 1 , 1893 -- june 1970 -rrb- was an american college basketball standout at cornell university in the 1910s .
he was an helms athletic foundation all-american in both 1913 and 1914 , and was named their national player of the year after the 1913 -- 14 season in which he helped the big red win back-to-back eastern intercollegiate league season championships .
