Perry Ten Eyck

{{short description|American basketball coach}}

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Perry Steele Ten Eyck (September 20, 1907 – August 17, 1959) was a college basketball coach, the head coach at Gonzaga University for the 1932–33 season.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Nt1YAAAAIBAJ&pg=7357%2C5153304 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Perry Ten Eyck, California basketball star, will coach Gonzaga coming season |date=August 24, 1931 |page=12 }} A {{height|ft=6|in=5}} forward and center, he was the captain of the Golden Bears basketball team at the University of California under head coach Nibs Price.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4QFYAAAAIBAJ&pg=1721%2C3837773 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Ex-athlete found dead |agency=Associated Press |date=August 18, 1959 |page=2}}

After offering a ride to two hitchhikers in California in 1959, Ten Eyck was found beaten to death near Ukiah.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mY5PAAAAIBAJ&pg=2786%2C2080587 |newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner |location=Florida |title=Spencer tells of robbing, slugging man |date=December 8, 1960 |page=20 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lVFYAAAAIBAJ&pg=1437%2C3314965 |newspaper=Bend Bulletin |location=Oregon |title=Jury finds Hall innocent in Dr. Hunt murder |agency=UPI |date=December 9, 1960 |page=1 }}