Ed Koffenberger

Edward Leroy Koffenberger (1926 to 2014) was an American basketball and lacrosse player at Duke University in 1945-46 and 1946-47, and is considered Duke's first two-sport star even though most of his honours came in basketball. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he was a 6 ft 2 in center who led the Blue Devils in scoring in both of his seasons and, as a senior, led the Southern Conference in scoring and rebounding. The Helms Foundation named him a First Team All-American, the only one from Delaware, and he was a two-time All-American and two-time All-Conference selection in basketball and a one-time lacrosse All-American known for his intimidating defensive presence. He scored 733 points in 54 career games, including a then Duke record 416 in 1946-47. The Philadelphia Warriors chose him in a late round of the 1947 BAA draft, but he played professionally only briefly and never in the BAA, and he became an engineer at DuPont. He was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 1977.