1955-56 USF Dons Champ Basketball Team Signed GPC Phil Woolpert Bill Russell PSA

Description

The 1955–56 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team represented the University of San Francisco as a member of the California Basketball Association during the 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season. The Dons ended the season undefeated, becoming the first NCAA tournament champion to record a perfect season and the first team to go wire-to-wire as No. 1 in the AP and UP polls. San Francisco finished the season with a 29–0 record (14–0 CBA) and had won 55 consecutive games.
San Francisco won two straight NCAA titles behind a punishing defense led by Bill Russell, who turned shot blocking into an art form. He was also better scorer than history gives him credit for, averaging more than 20 points in both championship seasons.
Offered is a government postcard postmarked April 18, 1956 signed by 13 members of the team.
Highlighted by a pre-NBA rookie autograph of Bill Russell
Gene Brown (D. 2020) played for the 1961-62 San Francisco Saints in the ABL and drafted by the Boston Celtics.
Mike Farmer – 3rd overall pick of the 1958 NBA draft. 1958-66 Knicks, Royals, SF Saints (ABL), and St. Louis Hawks.
Coached the 1966 Baltimore Bullets.
Carl Boldt (D. 2015) drafted by the Detroit Pistons and played in the NIBL and was an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Stars in the ABA
Hal Perry (D. 2009) played for the Harlem Globetrotters
Ross Giudice (D. 2017) asst coach who played in college for the Dons and was a member of USF’s 1949 NIT championhip team.
He was an assistant coach under Woolpert and took over the program for the 1959-60 season.
Phil Woolpert (D. 1987) head coach of the team who wont back to back National Championships at USF.
He was elected to the Naismith Basketball HOF in 1992 and also a member of the College basketball HOF.
He is an incredibly scarce autograph.
Encapsulated authentic by PSA/DNA
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