Jimmy Hull Explained

Jimmy Hull
Position:	Forward
Birth Date:	15 February 1917
Birth Place:	Leesburg, Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
High School:	McClain (Greenfield, Ohio)
College:	Ohio State (1936–1939)
Highlights:	NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1939) Consensus first-team All-American (1939)

James R. Hull (February 15, 1917 – November 2, 1991) was an American basketball forward who led the Ohio State Buckeyes to the championship game in the first-ever NCAA basketball tournament.^[1] The Buckeyes finished the season with a 16–7 record, and lost to the Oregon Ducks in the finals.^[2] Hull was named the Most Outstanding Player of that first tournament.^[3]

Hull was a two-year starter for the Buckeyes. As a senior and captain of the 1938–1939 team he was the leading scorer in the Big Ten Conference and was a consensus All-America selection.

In 1977 Hull was inducted as a charter member of the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame.^[4] In 2007 he was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame. ^[5] He has also been inducted into the Rocky Mountain Orthodontics Dentist Athletic Hall of Fame.

Notes and References

1. News: Jimmy Hull. Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 1991-11-05. 2010-03-26.
2. Web site: 1938–39 Ohio State Buckeyes . Sports Reference LLC . 2010-03-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110822022432/http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/OSU/1939.html . 2011-08-22 .
3. Web site: NCAA Tournament MOP Winners . Sports Reference LLC . 2010-03-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100305173343/http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/awards/ncaa-mop.html . 2010-03-05 .
4. Web site: Men's Varsity "O" Hall of Fame . Ohio State University . 2010-03-26 .
5. Web site: 2007 Jimmy Hull. Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame . 2021-02-12.