Oswald Tower
American basketball player
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| Intro | American basketball player | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Basketball player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 23 November 1883, North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 28 May 1968 (aged 84 years) |
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Oswald Tower (November 23, 1883 – May 28, 1968) was an American basketball administrator and instructor at Phillips Academy Andover [1910-49]. Born in North Adams, Massachusetts, he served on the National Basketball Rules Committee from 1910 to 1960, was an editor of the Official Basketball Guide and an official rules interpreter from 1915 to 1960. He was enshrined in the inaugural class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959 as a contributor .