Ed Voss

For American botanist, see Edward Groesbeck Voss.

Ed Voss (1922 – March 21, 1953) was an American basketball player.

Ed Voss

Personal information
Born	1922
Died	March 21, 1953 (aged 31) Oakland, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5.5 in (1.97 m)
Career information
High school	University (Oakland, California)
College	Stanford (1940–1943)
Position	Center
Number	5
Career highlights
NCAA champion (1942)

College basketball career

A 6 ft 5.5 in (197 cm) center from University High School in Oakland, California, Voss played collegiately for Stanford University.^[1][2] As the team's starting center, he helped Stanford to the 1942 NCAA Championship, in which he played all 40 minutes and scored 13 points.^[3]

After college

Following his college career, Voss played for the Oakland Bittners of the Amateur Athletic Union, and was a member of the Bittners' 1949 AAU championship team.^[4] Married with three children, he died of polio at the age of 31, a month after his 7-year-old son also succumbed to the disease.^[4] He is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.