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Arsenal Tech team won the Indianapolis City tournament each year Edwards was on squad
Teams leading scorer on squads which went to the state quarterfinals and sectional finals of the Indiana State Tournament his junior and senior years respectively.
Two-time All Conference (unverified)
Two-time All State (unverified)
Highest scoring freshman player in Kentucky history at the time
Set a Kentucky floor record with 34 points in a game against Creighton, a record which stood until it was tied by Alex Groza in 1949. This was also an overall UK single-game scoring record until 1949 and for a short time listed as a World Record.
Leading scorer in the South with 343 points scored in 1935
343 Points scored (in 21 games) was the highest season points scored by a Kentucky player until Alex Groza and Ralph Beard broke the record in 1947 (in 37 games).
Points per game average of 16.3 by Edwards was the highest per game average of any Kentucky player until Alex Groza broke the record in 1945.
1935 Consensus All-American (Helms 1st Team, Converse 2nd Team)
Credited with the introduction of the 3-second rule, which forbid an offensive player from remaining inside the free-throw lane (with or without the ball) for longer than three seconds. This rule was instituted in 1936.
| Player | Pos | College |
|---|---|---|
| Leroy (Cowboy) Edwards | C | Kentucky |
| Chuck Hyatt | F | Pittsburgh |
| Hank Luisetti | F | Stanford |
| John Moir | F | Notre Dame |
| Fred Pralle | G | Kansas |
| Joe Reiff | F | Northwestern |
| Forest (Aggie) Sale | F-C | Kentucky |
| Les Witte | F | Wyoming |
| John Wooden | G | Purdue |
| Jewell Young | F | Purdue |
| Player | College |
|---|---|
| Leroy (Cowboy) Edwards | Kentucky |
| Harry Boykoff | St. John's |
| Hank Luisetti | Stanford |
| John Moir | Notre Dame |
| Willie Rubenstein | New York University |
| Irv Torgoff | Long Island University |
| Don Shields | Temple |
| Frank Baumholtz | Ohio University |
| Red Holzman | CCNY |
| Ken Sailors | Wyoming |
| Bob Davies | Seton Hall |
| Ossie Schectman | Long Island University |
| First Team | |
|---|---|
| Player | College |
| Hank Luisetti | Stanford |
| Chuck Hyatt | Pittsburgh |
| Charles (Stretch) Murphy | Purdue |
| John Wooden | Purdue |
| Andy Phillip | Illinois |
| Second Team | |
| Player | College |
| Leroy Edwards | Kentucky |
| Ashworth Thompson | Montana State |
| Forrest Di Bernardi | Westminster |
| Paul Endacott | Kansas |
| Vic Hanson | Syracuse |
| Player | Position | Honors |
|---|---|---|
| Forest (Aggie) Sale | C-F | All-American 1932, 1933 |
| Leroy (Big Boy) Edwards | C-F | All-American 1935 |
| Kenny Rollins | G | All-SEC 1947, 1948 |
| Wallace (Wah Wah) Jones | F | All-American 1949 |
| Ralph Beard | G | All-American 1947, 1948, 1949 |
| Alex Groza | C | All-American 1947, 1948, 1949 |
| Frank Ramsey | G | All-American 1952, 1954 |
| Cliff Hagan | C | All-American 1952, 1954 |
| Bill Spivey | C | All-American 1951 |
| Larry Conley | G | All-SEC 1966 |
| Dan Issel | C | All-American 1969, 1970 |
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* Note: The 12th position was left open to avoid slighting those not named.
Scored a record 30 points in game against Kankakee (first NBL player to score 30 or more points in a professional game) in 1937-38Three time scoring leader in the National Basketball League (NBL): 1938 (16.2 ppg), 1939 (11.9 ppg), 1940 (12.9 ppg)Named MVP of the NBL three times: 1938, 1939, 1940In 1938-39, lead league in every recorded offensive statisticNamed to the World Tournament All-Tournament first team three times, as a center in 1939 and 1940, and as a forward in 1946.Named to the All-Time NBL League teamSecond in all-time scoring in the NBL (3221 points in 322 games for an average of 10.0 ppg)| 1937-38 | |
|---|---|
| First Team | Second Team |
| Leroy Edwards (Oshkosh) (MVP) | Soup Cable (Akron-Firestone) |
| Scott Armstrong (Fort Wayne) | Jack Ozburn (Akron-Firestone) |
| John Wooden (Whiting) | Bob Kessler (Indianapolis) |
| Charlie Shipp (Akron-Goodyear) | Vince McGowan (Whiting) |
| Chuck Bloedorn (Akron-Goodyear) | Bart Quinn (Fort Wayne) |
| 1938-39 | |
| First Team | Second Team |
| Paul Birch (Pittsburgh) | Jack Ozburn (Akron-Firestone) |
| Leroy Edwards (Oskhosh) (MVP) | Johnny Moir (Akron-Firestone) |
| John Sines (Indianapolis) | Jewell Young (Indianapolis) |
| Jerry Bush (Akron-Firestone) | Chuck Bloedorn (Akron-Goodyear) |
| Barney Cable (Akron-Firestone) | Charlie Shipp (Akron-Goodyear) |
| 1939-40 | |
| First Team | Second Team |
| Ben Stephens (Akron-Goodyear) | Jack Ozburn (Akron-Firestone) |
| Wibs Kautz (Chicago) | Ernie Andres (Indianapolis) |
| Leroy Edwards (Oshkosh) (MVP) | Rube Lautenschlanger (Sheboygan) |
| Charlie Shipp (Oshkosh) | Otto Kolar (Sheboygan) |
| Barney Cable (Akron-Firestone) | Nat Frankel (Detroit) |
| 1940-41 | |
| First Team | Second Team |
| Ben Stephens (Akron-Goodyear) (MVP) | Wibs Kautz (Chicago) |
| Ed Sadowski (Detroit) | Bill Hapac (Chicago) |
| Buddy Jeannette (Detroit) | Ralph Vaughn (Chicago) |
| Leroy Edwards (Oshkosh) | John Pelkington (Akron-Goodyear) |
| Charlie Shipp (Oskhosh) | Bob Calihan (Detroit) |
| Jack Ozburn (Akron-Firestone) | Bob Neu (Hammond) |
| 1941-42 | |
| First Team | Second Team |
| Chuck Chuckovits (Toledo) (MVP) | Ralph Vaughn (Chicago) |
| Ben Stephens (Akron-Goodyear) | Jewell Young (Indianapolis) |
| Leroy Edwards Oshkosh | Ed Danker (Sheboygan) |
| Bobby McDermott (Fort Wayne) | Herm Schaefer (Fort Wayne) |
| Charlie Shipp (Oshkosh) | George Glamack (Akron-Goodyear) |
| 1942-43 | |
| First Team | Second Team |
| Ralph Vaughn (Oshkosh) | Sonny Boswell (Chicago) |
| Paul Armstrong (Fort Wayne) | Buddy Jeannette (Sheboygan) |
| Ed Danker (Sheboygan) | Leroy Edwards (Oshkosh) |
| Bobby McDermott (Fort Wayne) (MVP) | Ken Suesens (Sheboygan) |
| Charlie Shipp (Oshkosh) | Jerry Bush (Fort Wayne) |
| 1943-44 | |
| First Team | Second Team |
| Mel Reibe (Cleveland) | Rube Lautenschlanger (Sheboygan) |
| Clint Wagner (Oshkosh) | Jerry Bush (Fort Wayne) |
| Ed Danker (Sheboygan) | John Pelkington (Fort Wayne) |
| Bobby McDermott (Fort Wayne) (MVP) | Charlie Shipp (Oshkosh) |
| Buddy Jeannette (Fort Wayne) | Ken Suesens (Sheboygan) |
| 1944-45 | |
| First Team | Second Team |
| Mel Reibe (Cleveland) | Dick Triptow (Chicago) |
| Stan Patrick (Chicago) | Ed Danker (Sheboygan) |
| Leroy Edwards (Oshkosh) | John Pelkington (Fort Wayne) |
| Bobby McDermott (Fort Wayne) (MVP) | Jerry Bush (Fort Wayne) |
| Buddy Jeannette (Fort Wayne) | Huck Hartman (Pittsburgh) |
| 1945-46 | |
| First Team | Second Team |
| Bob Carpenter (Oshkosh) | Mike Novak (Sheboygan) |
| Red Holzman (Rochester) | Jerry Steiner (Indianapolis) |
| George Glamack (Rochester) | Bob Calihan (Chicago) |
| Ed Danker (Sheboygan) | Leroy Edwards (Oshkosh) |
| Buddy Jeannette (Fort Wayne) | Frank Baumholtz (Youngstown) |
| Bobby McDermott (Fort Wayne) (MVP) | Al Cervi (Rochester) |
Named by UPI as one of top 5 greatest professional players all-time in 1945.
Named to the Helms Foundation Basketball Hall of Fame (1971)
Named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
Named to the Association of Professional Basketball Researchers (APBR) Top-100 Professional Basketball Players of the 20th Century
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| In 1945, the United Press International named the All-Time Professional Hoop team as Bobby McDermott (Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons), Nat Holman (Celtics), Harry "Dutch" Dehnert (Celtics), John Beckman (Celtics) and Leroy "Cowboy" Edwards (Oshkosh All-Stars). All were eventually named to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, with the exception of Edwards. | |||
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