height_ft weight_lb nationality article_title position highschool height_in number college name
6 180 american walter hirsch
 forward northridge -lrb- dayton , ohio -rrb- 4 19 kentucky -lrb- 1947 -- 1951 -rrb- walter hirsch
walter hirsch

walter hirsch is a former american college basketball player .
he is known for winning three ncaa championships at the university of kentucky , and for being a central figure in the point shaving scandal that impacted american college basketball in the 1950s .
hirsch , a 6 ' 4 '' forward from northridge high school in dayton , ohio , played for future hall of fame coach adolph rupp at kentucky .
during his time at uk , hirsch was a part of three championship teams , in 1948 , 1949 and 1951 .
as a freshman in 1947 -- 48 , hirsch appeared in 13 regular-season games for the wildcats .
as a sophomore and junior , hirsch moved into the wildcats regular rotation , and as a senior was the captain of uk 's 1950 -- 51 championship team .
while he made the sec all-tournament team in 1951 , he was declared ineligible for the 1951 ncaa tournament as he was a fourth year varsity player -lrb- prohibited at that time -rrb- .
after his career was over , hirsch became embroiled in a point shaving scandal that implicated player from seven different schools across the nation .
hirsch , along with teammate bill spivey and assistant jim line , was accused of taking money to affect the outcome of several games during the 1950 -- 51 .
hirsch and line admitted to shaving points and implicated spivey as well .
however , hirsch was never formally charged .
hirsch 's involvement with gamblers led to a ban from minor league baseball for the promising first baseman prospect .
he was coming off a strong 1952 season for the danville dans of the mississippi-ohio valley league , but minor league president george trautman -lrb- a former college basketball coach himself at ohio state -rrb- declared him permanently banned from minor league baseball .
