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Wally Johansen

American basketball player

Field	Value
name	Wally Johansen
image	Wally_Johansen.jpg
image_size	220px
caption	Johansen from the 1939 Oregana
position	Guard
number	32
height_ft	5
height_in	11
birth_date	August 26, 1917
birth_place	Astoria, Oregon, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Coos Bay, Oregon, U.S.
highschool	Astoria (Astoria, Oregon)
college	Oregon (1936–1939)

NCAA champion (1939)
First-team All-PCC (1938)
No. 32 retired by Oregon Ducks Wallace A. Johansen (August 26, 1917 – September 8, 1971) was a college basketball guard who played for the University of Oregon when it won the inaugural NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament championship in 1938–39.

Early life

Born in Astoria, Oregon, Johansen played basketball at Astoria High School, graduating in 1935 and helping the Fishermen win two consecutive state championships.{{cite news |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202130143/http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2004/03/04/culture.html |url-status=dead

College

At Oregon, Johansen played three seasons for the Ducks varsity, forming a reliable backcourt with Anet, his teammate since junior high school.{{cite web |archive-date=October 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004033704/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/ncaa/1939.html |url-status=dead

After basketball

After he graduated from Oregon, Johansen enrolled at the University of Oregon School of Law. His law school studies were interrupted by his service in World War II, but following the war, he earned his law degree from Oregon in 1948.{{cite web

References

"University of Oregon 2006–2007 Men's Basketball Media Guide". University of Oregon Department of Athletics.

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