10 Facts About Hank Luisetti

Angelo-Giuseppi "Hank" Luisetti was an American college basketball player.

Hank Luisetti is considered to be one of the great innovators of the sport.

Hank Luisetti became the first player to score 50 points in a game on January 1,1938, against Duquesne.

Hank Luisetti was named the second-best player of the mid-century by an Associated Press poll of sportswriters and broadcasters in 1950.

Hank Luisetti's influence was aided by a celebrated game between Long Island University and Hank Luisetti's Stanford Indians.

The publicity surrounding Hank Luisetti's shooting style changed the game forever.

Hank Luisetti is often credited with inventing the jump shot, although others were doing it during the 1930s as well.

Some have mistakenly said that Hank Luisetti kept both feet planted on the court when taking his shots, but it seems clear that he was a jumper.

Hank Luisetti was an all-around player, whose play and shooting were exciting.

Hank Luisetti contracted spinal meningitis while serving in the Navy, ending his basketball career.