Otto A. Stangel, Ex-Cager, Dies in Minnesota
Otto A. Stangel, 65, a native of Tisch Mills who rose to athletic fame as a basketball star at the University of Wisconsin 40 years ago, died Thursday at his home in St. Cloud, Minn.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, and at the St. Mary Catholic Church, Tisch Mills. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Born in Tisch Mills, March 23, 1889, son of the late Frank and Mary Stangel, owners of the F.W. Stangel and Sons Store at Tisch Mills, he attended rural schools in the Tisch Mills area and enrolled in Washington High School here. He joined the high school five and although he had never played the game before quickly made the school team. He also played on a city team in Two Rivers. In those early days, there were no WIAA rules against playing on other teams outside of the high school.
Set Scoring Record
Stangel entered the state university and although only 5 feet 6 inches tall, and weighing a mere 143 pounds, he made the freshman basketball team and landed a forward berth on the Badger varsity in the 1910-1911 season. That was in the early years of the reign of the late Doctor Walter Meanwell, Wisconsin basketball coach whose teams for years were leaders in the Western conference.
In 1912 Doctor Meanwell had a big year as Wisconsin rode roughshod over the Western Conference fives, winning the championship. The Badgers won 12 straight conference games that season. Stangel dropped in 64 field goals and 49 free throws for 177 points, to lead the conference. That record stood for 27 years.
That championship year, Stangel was named an all conference forward and he was given unstinted praise by newspapers in the conference cities. His ability to dribble, elude defensive players and drive in close for layup shots made Stangel the scourge of other conference teams that 1912 season. The crowning achievement of the Badger varsity that 1911-1912 season was in a game against Indiana in which Wisconsin won 51 to 10. He was quick to master the short pass-weaving style of Coach Meanwell. In the Iowa game that season Stangel scored 30 of 38 points that the Badgers racked up.
Served During War
Following his graduation from the University of Wisconsin, Stangel enlisted in the armed services in World War I. He served as a First Lieutenant in an artillery unit in Europe. After the war he served as an agricultural instructor in Pennsylvania, returning to Manitowoc as a supervisor of the Pabst farms there. During the past 15 years he had been associated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a farm home and loan administrator.
On August 3, 1920, he married the former Mildred Hubert of Marinette. She survives with two brothers, Joseph of Manitowoc and Frank of Milwaukee; three sisters, Mrs. Lucy Jansky of Rockwood and Mrs. Mary Kries and Mrs. Sybil Schlies of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday. The Rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, March 30, 1956
Otto A. Stangel, 65, a native of Tisch Mills who rose to athletic fame as a basketball star at the University of Wisconsin 40 years ago, died Thursday at his home in St. Cloud, Minn.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, and at the St. Mary Catholic Church, Tisch Mills. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Born in Tisch Mills, March 23, 1889, son of the late Frank and Mary Stangel, owners of the F.W. Stangel and Sons Store at Tisch Mills, he attended rural schools in the Tisch Mills area and enrolled in Washington High School here. He joined the high school five and although he had never played the game before quickly made the school team. He also played on a city team in Two Rivers. In those early days, there were no WIAA rules against playing on other teams outside of the high school.
Set Scoring Record
Stangel entered the state university and although only 5 feet 6 inches tall, and weighing a mere 143 pounds, he made the freshman basketball team and landed a forward berth on the Badger varsity in the 1910-1911 season. That was in the early years of the reign of the late Doctor Walter Meanwell, Wisconsin basketball coach whose teams for years were leaders in the Western conference.
In 1912 Doctor Meanwell had a big year as Wisconsin rode roughshod over the Western Conference fives, winning the championship. The Badgers won 12 straight conference games that season. Stangel dropped in 64 field goals and 49 free throws for 177 points, to lead the conference. That record stood for 27 years.
That championship year, Stangel was named an all conference forward and he was given unstinted praise by newspapers in the conference cities. His ability to dribble, elude defensive players and drive in close for layup shots made Stangel the scourge of other conference teams that 1912 season. The crowning achievement of the Badger varsity that 1911-1912 season was in a game against Indiana in which Wisconsin won 51 to 10. He was quick to master the short pass-weaving style of Coach Meanwell. In the Iowa game that season Stangel scored 30 of 38 points that the Badgers racked up.
Served During War
Following his graduation from the University of Wisconsin, Stangel enlisted in the armed services in World War I. He served as a First Lieutenant in an artillery unit in Europe. After the war he served as an agricultural instructor in Pennsylvania, returning to Manitowoc as a supervisor of the Pabst farms there. During the past 15 years he had been associated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a farm home and loan administrator.
On August 3, 1920, he married the former Mildred Hubert of Marinette. She survives with two brothers, Joseph of Manitowoc and Frank of Milwaukee; three sisters, Mrs. Lucy Jansky of Rockwood and Mrs. Mary Kries and Mrs. Sybil Schlies of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday. The Rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, March 30, 1956
Otto A. Stangel, Ex-Cager, Dies in Minnesota
Otto A. Stangel, 65, a native of Tisch Mills who rose to athletic fame as a basketball star at the University of Wisconsin 40 years ago, died Thursday at his home in St. Cloud, Minn.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, and at the St. Mary Catholic Church, Tisch Mills. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Born in Tisch Mills, March 23, 1889, son of the late Frank and Mary Stangel, owners of the F.W. Stangel and Sons Store at Tisch Mills, he attended rural schools in the Tisch Mills area and enrolled in Washington High School here. He joined the high school five and although he had never played the game before quickly made the school team. He also played on a city team in Two Rivers. In those early days, there were no WIAA rules against playing on other teams outside of the high school.
Set Scoring Record
Stangel entered the state university and although only 5 feet 6 inches tall, and weighing a mere 143 pounds, he made the freshman basketball team and landed a forward berth on the Badger varsity in the 1910-1911 season. That was in the early years of the reign of the late Doctor Walter Meanwell, Wisconsin basketball coach whose teams for years were leaders in the Western conference.
In 1912 Doctor Meanwell had a big year as Wisconsin rode roughshod over the Western Conference fives, winning the championship. The Badgers won 12 straight conference games that season. Stangel dropped in 64 field goals and 49 free throws for 177 points, to lead the conference. That record stood for 27 years.
That championship year, Stangel was named an all conference forward and he was given unstinted praise by newspapers in the conference cities. His ability to dribble, elude defensive players and drive in close for layup shots made Stangel the scourge of other conference teams that 1912 season. The crowning achievement of the Badger varsity that 1911-1912 season was in a game against Indiana in which Wisconsin won 51 to 10. He was quick to master the short pass-weaving style of Coach Meanwell. In the Iowa game that season Stangel scored 30 of 38 points that the Badgers racked up.
Served During War
Following his graduation from the University of Wisconsin, Stangel enlisted in the armed services in World War I. He served as a First Lieutenant in an artillery unit in Europe. After the war he served as an agricultural instructor in Pennsylvania, returning to Manitowoc as a supervisor of the Pabst farms there. During the past 15 years he had been associated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a farm home and loan administrator.
On August 3, 1920, he married the former Mildred Hubert of Marinette. She survives with two brothers, Joseph of Manitowoc and Frank of Milwaukee; three sisters, Mrs. Lucy Jansky of Rockwood and Mrs. Mary Kries and Mrs. Sybil Schlies of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday. The Rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, March 30, 1956
Otto A. Stangel, 65, a native of Tisch Mills who rose to athletic fame as a basketball star at the University of Wisconsin 40 years ago, died Thursday at his home in St. Cloud, Minn.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, and at the St. Mary Catholic Church, Tisch Mills. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Born in Tisch Mills, March 23, 1889, son of the late Frank and Mary Stangel, owners of the F.W. Stangel and Sons Store at Tisch Mills, he attended rural schools in the Tisch Mills area and enrolled in Washington High School here. He joined the high school five and although he had never played the game before quickly made the school team. He also played on a city team in Two Rivers. In those early days, there were no WIAA rules against playing on other teams outside of the high school.
Set Scoring Record
Stangel entered the state university and although only 5 feet 6 inches tall, and weighing a mere 143 pounds, he made the freshman basketball team and landed a forward berth on the Badger varsity in the 1910-1911 season. That was in the early years of the reign of the late Doctor Walter Meanwell, Wisconsin basketball coach whose teams for years were leaders in the Western conference.
In 1912 Doctor Meanwell had a big year as Wisconsin rode roughshod over the Western Conference fives, winning the championship. The Badgers won 12 straight conference games that season. Stangel dropped in 64 field goals and 49 free throws for 177 points, to lead the conference. That record stood for 27 years.
That championship year, Stangel was named an all conference forward and he was given unstinted praise by newspapers in the conference cities. His ability to dribble, elude defensive players and drive in close for layup shots made Stangel the scourge of other conference teams that 1912 season. The crowning achievement of the Badger varsity that 1911-1912 season was in a game against Indiana in which Wisconsin won 51 to 10. He was quick to master the short pass-weaving style of Coach Meanwell. In the Iowa game that season Stangel scored 30 of 38 points that the Badgers racked up.
Served During War
Following his graduation from the University of Wisconsin, Stangel enlisted in the armed services in World War I. He served as a First Lieutenant in an artillery unit in Europe. After the war he served as an agricultural instructor in Pennsylvania, returning to Manitowoc as a supervisor of the Pabst farms there. During the past 15 years he had been associated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a farm home and loan administrator.
On August 3, 1920, he married the former Mildred Hubert of Marinette. She survives with two brothers, Joseph of Manitowoc and Frank of Milwaukee; three sisters, Mrs. Lucy Jansky of Rockwood and Mrs. Mary Kries and Mrs. Sybil Schlies of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday. The Rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, March 30, 1956
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