Basketball All-American three times—in 1925, 1926, and 1927—by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was a consensus selection to the 1926 College Football All-America Team.
Following his college career he played briefly with the Cleveland Rosenblums in the American Basketball League and then formed a basketball team, the Syracuse All-Americans. He was also signed by the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball upon graduation from Syracuse in 1927 and played one year in their farm system.[2] Hanson served as the head football coach at his alma mater from 1930 to 1936, compiling a record of 33–21–5. He is only player inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.

Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse Orangemen (Independent) (1930–1936) | |||||||||
| 1930 | Syracuse | 5–2–2 | |||||||
| 1931 | Syracuse | 7–1–1 | |||||||
| 1932 | Syracuse | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| 1933 | Syracuse | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1934 | Syracuse | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1935 | Syracuse | 6–1–1 | |||||||
| 1936 | Syracuse | 1–7 | |||||||
| Syracuse: | 33–21–5 | ||||||||
| Total: | 33–21–5 | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Associated Press (April 14, 1982). “Arthur ‘Vic’ Hanson”. Daytona Beach Morning Journal. p. 13B.
- ↑ “Vic Hanson”. suathletics.com. Syracuse University. 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
External links
- Syracuse profile Archived October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- Basketball Hall of Fame profile
- Vic Hanson at the College Football Hall of Fame