GW Hoops / RIP Dave Sollenberger

**Posted by GW0509** 4/19/2023 2:24 pm

The father of Pardon My Take's @PFTCommenter and the Daily Beast's Roger Sollenberger passed away on Tuesday.

Why am I posting about this on a GW Basketball message board?

Well, it turns out Dave was a member of the GW Basketball team (and also baseball?) in the mid/late 1960s.

Does anyone remember him on the team? Maybe GW69?

Last edited by GW0509 (4/19/2023 2:29 pm)

**Posted by Long Suffering Fan** 4/19/2023 3:42 pm

Of courses I remember him. A 5'10" guard who played in 10 games on the 1966-1967 team that finished 6-18. He averaged 0.8 ppg and 0.4 4pg. Who doesn't remember him?

**Posted by The Other MG** 4/19/2023 4:08 pm

Joe Lalli’s backup?

**Posted by GW0509** 4/19/2023 4:16 pm

The Other MG wrote:
Joe Lalli’s backup?

Yep. From the 66-67 media guide

**Posted by GW69** 4/19/2023 5:03 pm

I do remember …….Joe Lalli quite well-What a blast from the past. He was the “man” on that horrific team.
Having said that I don’t remember a lot about the teams between 1965 and 69.I started paying more attention
after I graduated.Also I was no longer doing drugs!From 67 to when I left the school went -as did the culture
In general-from a sleepy backwater provincial commuter school to a place full of hippies ,anti-war protesters
A total sea change.A paradigm shift-exciting times.Basketball was on the back burner,if on the burner at all.
The school became alive.1945 to 1966 were of a piece-after that the world changed.It's changing again as I write this.

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**Posted by kdb san diego** 4/19/2023 8:27 pm

I remember Joe lalli and Terry Grefe and lots of others, and have a vague memory of Dave S. (Ft. Myer etc.).
GWU '69.

**Posted by The Other MG** 4/19/2023 11:07 pm

Grefe was a 6’2” forward! We had a pretty good shooter in Dick Ellis. With Babe McCarthy as coach, and an all-white team, we were very much a Southern Conference team . This was my freshman year, and Garland Pinkston was on our freshman team.