:Alva Duer
{{Short description|American basketball player-coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Al Duer
| image = Alva_Duer.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Duer from the 1948 “Promenade”
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|11|18}}
| birth_place = Sylvia, Kansas, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|11|18|1904|11|18}}
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| coach_years1 = 1939–1948
| coach_team1 = Pepperdine
| overall_record = 176–102
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = NCAA: 0–2
NAIA: 8–4
| championships = NAIA Runner-up (1945)
NAIA Final Four (1946)
| awards = NAIA Hall of Fame
| coaching_records =
| BASKHOF_year = 1982
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2006
| BASKHOF_id = alva-duer
}}
Alva O. Duer (November 18, 1904 – November 18, 1987) was a college basketball coach and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and United States Olympic Committee administrator and is a member of the NAIA and Basketball Halls of Fame. He went to Stafford High School in Stafford, Kansas and was captain of the basketball team all four years he attended. He graduated from high school in 1923.
He coached college basketball at Pepperdine College in Los Angeles, California from 1939 to 1948. During that time, he had a record of 176–102 (.633). He led Pepperdine to five postseason appearances (4 NAIB and 1 NCAA), he also led Pepperdine to the 1945 NAIB final. He died on his 83rd birthday in 1987.
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Pepperdine Waves
| conference = Independent
| startyear = 1939
| endyear = 1948
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1939–40
| name = Pepperdine
| overall = 15–11
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1940–41
| name = Pepperdine
| overall = 10–15
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1941–42
| name = Pepperdine
| overall = 19–7
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = NAIA First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1942–43
| name = Pepperdine
| overall = 26–9
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = NAIA Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1943–44
| name = Pepperdine
| overall = 20–14
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = NCAA Elite Eight
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1944–45
| name = Pepperdine
| overall = 24–13
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = NAIA Runner-up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1945–46
| name = Pepperdine
| overall = 26–9
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = NAIA Final Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1946–47
| name = Pepperdine
| overall = 14–13
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1947–48
| name = Pepperdine
| overall = 22–11
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Pepperdine
| overall = 176–102 ({{Winning percentage|176|102}})
| confrecord =
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 176–102 ({{Winning percentage|176|102}})
}}
References
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External links
- {{Basketballhof|alva-duer}}
{{Pepperdine Waves men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{1982 Basketball HOF}}
{{Basketball Hall of Fame contributors}}
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Category:American men's basketball coaches
Category:Basketball coaches from Kansas
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
Category:National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
Category:People from Reno County, Kansas
Category:People from Stafford, Kansas
Category:Pepperdine Waves athletic directors
Category:Pepperdine Waves men's basketball coaches
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