A standout center, Imhoff earned All-America and all-conference honors in 1959 and '60 … at the time, was only the second Cal basketball player to twice be named as an All-American … a member of the 1959 team that won the NCAA Championship (hitting the winning basket with 17 seconds left to give Cal a 71-69 victory over West Virginia), as well as being a member of the 1960 team that finished second, losing to Ohio State in the final … left Cal having set a school record for rebounds in a season with 318 in 1959, and reset his own record the next season with 371 … went on to a fine 12-year NBA career with all-star game appearances in 1966 and '67.
