high_school height_ft years death_date death_place nationality team position article_title height_in birth_date college name
harvard -lrb- harvard , illinois -rrb- 5 1942 -- 1943 04 october 1999 belvidere , illinois american chicago bruins -lrb- nbl -rrb- guard ted strain
 11 march 1 , 1917 wisconsin -lrb- 1938 -- 1941 -rrb- ted strain
ted strain

william `` ted '' strain -lrb- march 1 , 1917 -- october 4 , 1999 -rrb- is a retired american basketball player .
he was an early professional player in the national basketball league -lrb- which later merged with the basketball association of america to form the nba -rrb- and was a starter on the university of wisconsin 's 1941 national championship team .
strain , a 5 ' 11 '' guard from harvard high school in harvard , illinois , played college basketball at wisconsin for future hall of fame coach bud foster .
strain played from 1938 to 1941 and , as a senior , was a starting guard for the badgers ' 1941 national championship team .
after the completion of his college career , strain played one season for the chicago bruins of the national basketball league in 1942 -- 43 .
he married beverly douglas on october 2 , 1947 , and owned strain market in harvard , illinois for 20 years .
they had four children .
