Elmore Morgenthaler

Elmore Morgenthaler

Personal information
Born	(1922-08-03)August 3, 1922 Amarillo, Texas
Died
Nationality	American
Listed height	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
College	New Mexico Tech (1946) Boston College (1946–1947)
Playing career	1947–1953
Position	Center
Number	7, 17
Career history
1947	Providence Steamrollers
1947	Birmingham Skyhawks
1947–1949	Philadelphia Sphas
1949	Philadelphia Warriors
1949–1950	Scranton Miners
1950–1951	Waterloo Hawks
1951	Mexico Aztecas
1951–1953	Scranton Miners
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Elmore Robert Morgenthaler (August 3, 1922 – November 25, 1997) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Providence Steamrollers and the Philadelphia Warriors in the Basketball Association of America, among other franchises and leagues.

Morgenthaler attended the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology for just the second semester of the 1945–46 season and was near the top of the nation in scoring. He then transferred to Boston College and played most of the 1946–47 season before quitting college basketball at the end of February 1947 to play professionally. At 7'1", Morgenthaler is officially recognized as the National Basketball Association's first seven-foot player. The Providence Steamrollers, for whom he played in the second half of the 1946–47 season, was a member of the Basketball Association of America (which later became the NBA, thus its history was adopted by the NBA).