1906 Kansas University basketball team
Creator: Squires, C. F.
Date: 1906
This is a photograph of the 1905-06 Kansas University basketball team. The player on the floor is Phog Allen and the player in the second row, second from left is Chester Alexander Smith. The photograph was taken in 1906.

1927 Lecompton High School Women's Basketball Team, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1927
Photograph of 1927 Lecompton High School Women's Basketball Team. Eight young women and the women's basketball coach are kneeling in front of the Lane University building which served as the high school from 1902-1928. The young women are dressed in dark sailor style blouses and pleated bloomers. One of the players is holding a basketball with "L.R.H.S. 1927" written on it. The identities from Left to Right: Back Row: Helen McClanahan, Mary McRae, Professor Browning, Roberta McClanahan, Elsie Lasswell; Front Row: Arlette Fulton, Mary Smith, Grace Gray, Martha James. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1927 Lecompton Rural High School Basketball team, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1927
Photograph of the 1927 Lecompton High School basketball team. The six man team is attired in two-toned striped jerseys with "LRHS" lettering and dark shorts. Some team members are wearing knee length striped socks as well with laced hightop athletic shoes. The coach is attired in a suit and he is standing behind the front row of team members. The player in the center is holding a basketball with "L.R.H.S. 1927" written on it. The identities of the team from left to right: Delmar Parrish, Edgar Lancaster, Billy Glenn, Frank Smith, Roy Browning (coach). Raymond Foree, Joe Smith. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1928 Lecompton High School Girls Basketball team, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1928
Photograph of Lecompton High School Girls Basketball team. The team is posed in three rows in front of the entrance to the Lecompton High School. A girl in the front row is holding a basketball with "L.R.H.S. 1928" written on the front. The girls in the front two rows are wearing a dark uniform consisting of knee length bloomer style shorts and sailor style blouses. The back row are wearing similar uniforms except the blouses are white. The following team members have been identified: Front Row: Mary Smith, Lavina DeKat, Elsie May Lasswell, Arlete Fulton; Second Row: Louise Clark, Edith Leslie, Roy Browning, Mary McRae, Helen McClanahan. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1933 Champion Women's Basketball team, Lecompton High School, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1933
Photograph of the Lecompton High School Women's Basketball Team of 1933. The team was the champions of the East Central League. The team is standing outside of the Lecompton Rural High School and are attired in their basketball uniforms. One girl in the front row is holding a basketball which has "Champions" written across the front. The team is identified from left to right: Front Row: Henrietta Slavens, Esther Michael, Mae Norwood (captain), Pearl Slusser, Edna Anderson; Back Row: Hazel Wingfield, Theopolis Holmes, Jessie Norwoood, Dorothy Armstrong, Ruth Morris. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1933 Lecompton High School Basketball Team Members, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1933
Photograph of four male students kneeling in front of the Lecompton High School holding a trophy and a basketball, which has "Champs" written on it. The team were the champions of the East Central League. The students are all dressed in dark sweaters and pants. The identities of the team members are undocumented with the exception of Bill Anderson, who is second from the left. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Basketball game, Randolph High School, Randolph, Kansas
Date: Between 1923 and 1925
An interior view showing a basketball game at Randolph High School auditorium, Randolph, Kansas. John Matchett is the player on the right waiting to jump at the tip-off.

Basketball game, Treece, Kansas
Creator: Atkinson Studio
Date: 1940
This photograph shows the Junior-Hi Midgets basketball team playing a game in Treece, Kansas. The photograph was copied from an album loaned by the family.

Basketball team at Garfield High School in Garfield, Kansas
Date: Between 1922 and 1924
This is a photograph of the boys basketball team at Garfield High School in Garfield, Kansas.

Basketball team, De Soto, Kansas
Date: 1922
An informal portrait of the members of the girl's basketball team at De Soto High School in De Soto, Kansas. One girl holds a basketball labeled "D.H.S."

Basketball team, De Soto, Kansas
Date: 1924
This is an informal portrait of the coach and members of the De Soto High School girls' basketball team in De Soto, Kansas. A girl is holding a basketball with "DHS 1924" written on it. Also visible are a parked car, buildings, and a bicycle in the background.

Basketball team, Paxico, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
A studio portrait of six members of the Paxico Rural High School basketball team of Paxico, Kansas. The team included both white and black students.

Basketball teams at Boswell Junior High School in Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Wolfe Commercial Photo Service
Date: 1940-1960
Here are photographs showing basketball teams at Boswell Junior High School. The school was located at 1301 S. W. Boswell in Topeka, Kansas.

Boswell Junior High School basketball team, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Wolfe, Harold B., 1898-1966
Date: 1949
A photograph of the Boswell Junior High School basketball team, Topeka, Kansas.

Boy's basketball team, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: 1909-1910
This is a photo of the boy's basketball team at Cimarron High School, Cimarron, Kansas. The boys are unidentified.

Boys basketball team, Greeley County High School, Tribune, Kansas
Date: 1919
The Greeley County High School boys basketball team and their coach, Tribune, Kansas.

Charles Gordon scrapbook
Date: 1945-1991 (bulk 1945-1956)
This scrapbook documents the athletic activities of Topekan Charles (Chick) Gordon, primarily during the period 1945-1951. During that time, Gordon was a standout athlete first at Topeka High School, then at Washburn University. He excelled at both basketball and baseball. In basketball, he lettered twice at Topeka High, and was on Washburn's varsity team all four of his college years. At both schools, Gordon was captain of the basketball team his senior year. In his final season at Washburn (1950-51), he led the team in scoring with 319 points, and played a key role in helping the Ichabods secure the Central Intercollegiate Conference league championship. In baseball, he lettered twice at Topeka High and pitched a no-hitter to win the state baseball championship with the Trojans in 1947. He was on the Washburn squad the three years in which the school fielded a baseball team while he was a student. Gordon also was a member of two state championship American Legion baseball teams (1945 and 1946), as well as the pennant-winning Abilene Ikes of the Amateur Baseball League of America (1949). In 1950, he was named the MVP of the state semi-pro baseball tournament in Wichita after recording four tourney wins pitching for the Topeka Decker Oilers. Upon graduating from college, Gordon taught and coached in Topeka schools until 1968, when the family relocated to Tampa, Florida. He pursued a career in educational counseling and worked 23 years as the coordinator of undergraduate advising for the University of South Florida. Digital reproduction of the scrapbook was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.

Chick Gordon in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1945 and 1951
This photograph shows Topekan Charles (Chick) Gordon being tended to by a basketball team trainer. Gordon was a standout athlete at Topeka High and Washburn University, excelling at both basketball and baseball. He lettered in basketball two years in high school (1945-46 and 1946-47) and was on Washburn's varsity basketball team all four of his college years. At both schools, Gordon was captain of the basketball team his senior year. In his final season at Washburn (1950-51), he led the team in scoring with 319 points and played a key role in helping the Ichabods secure the Central Intercollegiate Conference league championship.

Chick Gordon, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1945 and 1951
These photographs show Topekan Charles (Chick) Gordon in three different basketball poses. Gordon was a standout athlete at Topeka High and Washburn University, excelling at both basketball and baseball. He lettered in basketball two years in high school (1945-46 and 1946-47) and was on Washburn's varsity basketball team all four of his college years. At both schools, Gordon was captain of the basketball team his senior year. In his final season at Washburn (1950-51), he led the team in scoring with 319 points and played a key role in helping the Ichabods secure the Central Intercollegiate Conference league championship. The photograph in which Gordon wears number 21 was taken while he was a member of the Topeka High Trojans varsity squad; this photo was published on page 66 of the 1947 Sunflower, the Topeka High yearbook. The other two photos were taken while Gordon was on the Washburn Ichabods team. Of those, the shooting pose appears on page 108 of the 1948 Washburn yearbook.

Cimarron High School basketball team, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: 1910
This photograph shows members of the 1910 Cimarron High School basketball team, Cimarron, Kansas.

Cimarron High School women's basketball team, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: 1910
This photograph shows members of the Cimarron High School women's basketball team with their coach in Cimarron, Kansas. Women in the photograph are identified as (back row) left to right: Maud Butcher, Earna Hildebrand, Alice Clem, Bessie Yeiter, (front row) Vern Dillman and Mary Evans. The coach is not identified.

Cimarron High School women's basketball team, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: 1912
This photograph shows members of the 1912 Cimarron High School women's basketball team, Cimarron, Kansas. Members are identified as (left to right): Grace Clem, Valetta Dey, Earna Hilderbrand, Winifred Dillman, Bessie Yeiter, Frances McFarland, and Mary Evans.

Co-ed basketball team at the Youngsville School, Greeley County, Kansas
Date: 1909
Men and women make up the basketball team at the Youngsville School in Greeley County, Kansas. The basketball court is in an open field.

Colby High School men's basketball team, Colby, Thomas County, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and Unknown
This is a photograph of the Colby High School men's basketball team, Colby, Thomas County, Kansas.

Cometas basketball team for Our Lady of Guadalupe, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1957
This is a photograph of the Cometas basketball team for Our Lady of Guadalupe in Topeka, Kansas.