Adolph Sieberts

{{Short description|American basketball player (1893–1968)}}

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| birth_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.

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| death_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.

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Adolph G. "Ade" Sieberts (August 29, 1893 – April 28, 1968)The Oregonian, 30 Apr 1968, p. 37 was an American basketball player, most notable for a college career distinguished by his becoming Oregon State University's first All-American in the sport.{{cite web|title=2014-15 Oregon State men's basketball media guide, page 131 |publisher=Oregon State Beavers |year=2014 |url=http://www.osubeavers.com/pdf9/2942439.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30800 |accessdate=August 7, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908134244/http://www.osubeavers.com/pdf9/2942439.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30800 |archivedate=September 8, 2015 }}

Sports career

Sieberts, a forward from Portland, Oregon, went to Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) where he played basketball and baseball. As a basketball player, he led the Aggies to a Pacific Coast Conference (now known as the Pac-12 Conference) championship and was named first-team all-conference. He was also named an All-American by the Helms Athletic Foundation for his 1915–16 junior season.

Sieberts quit the Aggies' basketball team during his senior season to enter the business world.{{cite news|title=Ade Sieberts, Aggies' basket star, resigns|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/78474916/?terms=|newspaper=The Oregon Daily Journal|date=11 January 1917|page=13|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 7, 2015}} {{Open access}} Despite this he was named to the PCC all-conference team for the second consecutive season.

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