# Rufus Sisson

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{{short description|American basketball player}}
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| name               = Rufus Sisson
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| birth_date         = {{birth date|1890|9|11}}
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| death_date         = March 1977 (aged 86)
| death_place        = [Potsdam, New York](/source/Potsdam%2C_New_York)
| nationality        = American 
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| college            = [Dartmouth](/source/Dartmouth_Big_Green_men's_basketball) (1909–1912)
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* Consensus [All-American](/source/NCAA_Men's_Basketball_All-Americans) ([1912](/source/1912_NCAA_Men's_Basketball_All-Americans))
* [EIBL](/source/Eastern_Intercollegiate_Basketball_League) scoring champion (1912)
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'''Rufus Sisson''' (September 11, 1890 – March 1977) was an [All-American](/source/NCAA_Men's_Basketball_All-Americans) basketball player at [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College) in 1911–12. He led the [Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League](/source/Eastern_Intercollegiate_Basketball_League) in scoring at 12.8 points per game in 10 games played. He was the first Dartmouth player to lead the league in scoring, and only the second All-American ([George Grebenstein](/source/George_Grebenstein) was named an All-American in [1906](/source/1906_NCAA_Men's_Basketball_All-Americans)).

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#{{Cite web | title = Consensus All-America Teams | work = sports-reference.com | publisher = Sports Reference, LLC | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/awards/all-america.html | accessdate = 28 June 2010}}
#{{Cite web|title=Ivy League Basketball All-Americans |publisher=[Ivy League](/source/Ivy_League) |url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/aa-basketball.asp |accessdate=28 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024224247/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/aa-basketball.asp |archivedate=October 24, 2007 }} 
#{{Cite web | title = Ivy Scoring Champions | publisher = [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College) | work = dartmouthsports.com | url = http://dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=610547 | date = 19 April 2010 | accessdate = 28 June 2010}}
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{{1912 Helms Foundation NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans}}

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Category:1890 births
Category:1977 deaths
Category:All-American college men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from New York (state)
Category:Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball players
Category:People from Potsdam, New York
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:20th-century American people

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