Columbia Basketball Legend Lou Bender Passes Away at 99 - Columbia University Athletics

Columbia Basketball Legend Lou Bender Passes Away at 99

Columbia Basketball Legend Lou Bender Passes Away at 99

9/15/2009 10:15:00 AM | Men's Basketball

By: Columbia University Athletics

Lou Bender, a Columbia All-American and 1932 graduate who was elected to the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame last year, passed away at his home in Florida on Thursday, September 10.

Bender helped make basketball popular in New York during the Great Depression, leading the Columbia teams of the early 1930s to consecutive Eastern Intercollegiate League titles.

Read Vincent Mallozzi's article in Sunday's New York Times.

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