Jerry Koch
Jerry Koch (born around 1934) is a retired American basketball player known for his college career at Saint Louis University from 1951 to 1955. He played as a forward and once grabbed 38 rebounds in a single game on March 5, 1954, against Bradley, a mark that remains a SLU and Missouri Valley Conference record.
Koch helped SLU reach the Elite Eight in the 1952 NCAA Tournament, playing alongside his older brother Bob in the frontcourt. He finished his SLU career with 1,157 rebounds (an average of 14.6 per game), ranking high in school history. In the 1955 NBA draft, the Philadelphia Warriors selected him in the 10th round, but he never played in the NBA. He was inducted into the Saint Louis University Hall of Fame in 1994.
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