Hall of Fame
Bob Gerber lettered in basketball during the 1940, 1941, and 1942 seasons and was the first UT player named to the All-American team twice (1941 and 1942). In 1941, he was voted All-Western in the Herald-American Honor Cage selections and second-team All-American in Collyer's All-American Cage selections. In the 1941-42 season he was voted the "best basketball player in the United States" by many national publications. He was selected as an All-American by the Chicago Tribune, New York Sports Writers Association, and Converse in 1941 and 1942. He led Toledo in scoring all three of his varsity seasons with an average of 14.4, 17.8, and 20.5 points per game, while playing for teams that posted a combined record 68-14 during his three years. During his 1942 campaign, Gerber not only led the nation but set a national record for points in a season with 532 for an average of 19.0 as well as, set a NIT single-game record scoring 37 points in Toledo's win over Rhode Island. In the 1942 National Invitational Tournament, he set Madison Square Garden college records with 17 field goals in three games. During that year, he played in the Nation's Cage Aces All-Star Classic and made the PIC Magazine All-America Basketball Team. He is ranked 18th overall in the Rockets' 1,000-Point Club with 1,319 career points in 75 games. He scored 359 points in 1940, 428 in 1941 and 532 in 1942. His 17.6 career scoring average ranks 6th in UT history.
Gerber went on to play in the National Basketball League for a game before joining the army for World War II. Upon his return he played three more seasons with the Indianapolis Kautskys, Toledo Jeeps, Minneapolis Lakers, and Tri-City Blackhawks before retiring and settling down in Toledo. Â
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