Education
Morgenthaler attended the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology for just the second semester of the 1945-1946 season and was near the top of the nation in scoring.
Morgenthaler attended the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology for just the second semester of the 1945-1946 season and was near the top of the nation in scoring.
He played for the Providence Steamrollers and the Philadelphia Warriors in the Basketball Association of America, among other franchises and leagues. He then transferred to Boston College and played most of the 1946-1947 season before quitting college basketball at the end of February 1947 to play professionally. At 7"1", Morgenthaler is officially recognized as the National Basketball Association"s first seven-foot player.
The Providence Steamrollers, for whom he played in the second half of the 1946-1947 season, was a member of the Basketball Association of America (which later became the National Basketball Association, thus its history was adopted by the National Basketball Association).