Name/Title
BasketballEntry/Object ID
2024.16.21Description
Orange-brown basketball with traditional black lines and numerous inscriptions. From top around the inscriptions read, "Presented to Daryl Wetzel / MacGregor (r) / for 1,000 POINTS / OFFICIAL (within circle) LAST BILT / 1/31/'78 / at Austine vs Whitingham / X10 L / MOISTEN NEEDLE INFLATE TO 9 LBS. USA"Context
Daryl Wetzel was a 1979 graduate of the Austine School for the Deaf in Brattleboro, Vermont, and was presented this ball for his winning of the 1,000 points in his junior year in Spring 1978. He continued to play ay Gallaudet University and enjoyed a career with the AAAD (American Athletic Association for the Deaf) and with the USADB (United States American Deaf Basketball). In 2003 Wetzel was inducted as the first ever deaf male player in the New England Basketball Hall of Fame (R.I.).Acquisition
Accession
2024.16Source or Donor
Austine School for the DeafAcquisition Method
TransferLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
BasketballNomenclature Primary Object Term
Gear, BasketballNomenclature Class
Sports EquipmentNomenclature Category
Category 09: Recreational ObjectsMaterials
Material
RubberMaterial Notes
Ball itself and maker details are all in rubber while the later handwritten inscriptions appear in black permanent marker.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Austine School for the Deaf