Athletics Hall of Fame
Of all the basketball players in the nation in 1915, Ernest Houghton of Union College was deemed the best. His other hall of fame recognition is in Springfield, Massachusetts at the National Basketball Hall of Fame. He received the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year Award. He was an All-American in both 1914 and 1915, and in 1915 along with players from Kansas, Washington, Virginia and Illinois. He led Union to the Northeastern Intercollegiate League Championship in both seasons. Houghton also was a quarterback for the 1914 football Dutchmen, a team that posted the school's first undefeated season at 8-0. The Dutchmen outscored opponents 121-17 and posted five shutouts. After his collegiate career, Houghton played in the New York State League, one of the earliest professional basketball leagues in the United States.
