Hall of Fame
Ed Harden '38
Spokane, Washington
(deceased)
Harden, a Waverly native, was recruited to play basketball at Iowa State Teachers College (now the University of Northern Iowa). He transferred to Wartburg in 1935, when the college started its four-year program and lettered for three years in football, basketball, and tennis.
In football, he was an All¬Conference quarterback on offense and a linebacker on defense. His best sport was basketball. He led the Knights in scoring in each of the three seasons he played at Wartburg, totaling 395 points in that low-scoring basketball era.
He was named to a mythical All-Iowa Conference team, named captain of the squad, and served as president of the "w" Club. He was described as quick, a sure ball-handler, and an outstanding shooter. In tennis, he won an individual Iowa Conference championship, a rarity in Wartburg athletic history. Hardin is now a retired railroad official.
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