Lynn St. John signed Contract Rare Basketball HOF Ohio State D. 1950 w. Zora Clevenger College Football HOF

A strong advocate of amateur basketball, Lynn St. John lobbied for formal national and international basketball rules for nearly three decades. A formidable administrator and a "master of diplomacy." St. John was appointed to the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee in 1912, a position he held for 25 years, the last eighteen as chairman. He served as a member of the 1936 Basketball Olympic Committee, and played an active role during the inaugural Olympic competition. The basketball arena at Ohio State University, where St. John coached (1912-1919) and later served as director of athletics (1915-47), is named in his honor. He died in 1950 and was elected to the Basketball HOF in 1962.Zora G. Clevenger(December 12, 1881 - November 24, 1970) was anAmerican football,basketball, andbaseballplayer, coach, and pioneeringathletic director. He served as the head football coach atNebraska Wesleyan University(1908-1910), theUniversity of Tennessee(1911-1915), andKansas State University(1916-1919), compiling a record of 47-32-7. Clevenger was also the head basketball coach atIndiana University(1904-1906), Nebraska Wesleyan (1907-1911), Tennessee (1911-1916), and Kansas State (1916-1919), and was baseball coach at Indiana (1905-1906), Nebraska Wesleyan (1908-1911), Tennessee (1911-1916), and Kansas State (1919-1921). Clevenger served as the athletic director at Kansas State (1916-1920), theUniversity of Missouri(1921-1923), and Indiana (1923-1946). He was inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fameas a player in 1968.Offered is an 8.5" x 11" contract from 1942 between Ohio State and Indiana University for Ohio State to wrestle Indiana at Ohio State University on January 30, 1943. Signed in black steel tipped pen by both of these legends!