Ken Flower (2005) - USC Athletics Hall of Fame

Ken Flower

Induction:
2005
Class:
1953

Ken Flower was one of USC’s top basketball players in the 1950s. The 3-year (1951-53) letterman was an All-American second team selection in 1953, when he also was an All-Pacific Coast Conference Southern Division first teamer (for the second year in a row), an All-West Coast honoree and the Southern California Area Player of the Year. He also was USC’s MVP and team captain in 1953 when he led the Trojans in scoring (12.1 average). He was a member of USC’s 1951 conference championship squad. He was a fourth round pick by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1953 NBA draft. He was a member of a team of collegiate All-Americans that played the Harlem Globetrotters in the 1953 World Series of Basketball national tour and he also played in the East-West Shriner’s Hospital all-star game. After serving in the Air Force, he became a broadcast marketing and sales executive, including with the San Francisco 49ers, NFL Films, ABC and CBS. He also served as president of the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame.