Jerry Koch

Jerry Koch
Personal information
Born c. 1934
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
College Saint Louis (1951–1955)
NBA draft 1955 / Round: 10 / Pick: 73rd overall
Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors
Position Forward
Career highlights and awards
  • MVC single game rebound record (38)

Jerry Koch (born c. 1934) is a retired American basketball player. He is known for his collegiate career at Saint Louis University (SLU) between 1951–52 and 1954–55. A forward, Koch once recorded 38 rebounds in a single game.[1] He accomplished the feat on March 5, 1954 against Bradley University.[2] The 38 rebounds remain a SLU and Missouri Valley Conference record.[2] Koch was also instrumental in SLU's 1952 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance; during his freshman season he teamed with his older brother and the team's center, Bob, as a dominant frontcourt duo.[3]

For his career, Jerry recorded 1,157 rebounds with a 14.6 per game average, which are second and first in school history, respectively (the leader in total rebounds, Anthony Bonner, played 54 more games than Koch).[4] In the 1955 NBA draft, the Philadelphia Warriors selected him in the 10th round, although he never played professionally.[5][6] In 1994 he was inducted into the Saint Louis University Hall of Fame.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2013–14 NCAA Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Voellinger, Art (February 28, 2007). "MVC history shows links to Billikens". STLtoday.com. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Explorer". archive.org. La Salle University. 1954. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Records". 2010–11 Men's Basketball Media Guide. Saint Louis University. 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ Bradley, Robert D. (2013). "The Basketball Draft Fact Book" (PDF). page 42. Scarecrow Press, Inc. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  6. ↑ "1955 NBA draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Billiken Hall of Fame Members". SLUBillikens.com. Saint Louis University. August 10, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2014.