Oswald Tower
American basketball administrator and instructor
Oswald Tower (November 23, 1883 – May 28, 1968) was an American basketball administrator and instructor at Phillips Academy Andover [1910-49]. Born in North Adams, Massachusetts, he served on the National Basketball Rules Committee from 1910 to 1960, was an editor of the Official Basketball Guide and an official rules interpreter from 1915 to 1960. He was enshrined in the inaugural class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959 as a contributor .
External links
- Basketball Hall of Fame page on Tower
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1959
- Charley Hyatt
- Hank Luisetti
- George Mikan
- John Schommer
- Phog Allen
- Doc Carlson
- Walter Meanwell
- Luther Gulick
- Edward J. Hickox
- Ralph Morgan
- James Naismith
- Harold Olsen
- Amos Alonzo Stagg
- Oswald Tower
- Matthew P. Kennedy
- Original Celtics
- The First Team
