Whitie Hautanen was a reserve guard on the Syracuse basketball team for one season. He would play in two games, and he scored two points in a win over Buffalo. | #8 Olavi 'Whitie' Hautanen |
| Guard |
| HS: | Buffalo, NY |
| Born: 1/18/1914 | Cleveland, OH |
| Season | Cl | Pos | G | GS | FG | FGA | % | FT | FTA | % | Fls | DQ | Pts | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933-34 | Jr |
G | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1.0 | ||
| Career | 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.0 |
Whitie Hautanen was a reserve guard on the Syracuse basketball team for one season. He would play in two games, and he scored two points in a win over Buffalo.
Hautanen would work at General Electric for 40 years upon graduating from Syracuse. He would be certified as a high school basketball referee, and would begin officiating in Massachusetts and Central New York in the 1950s.
He passed away in 2009.[1]
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[1] Syracuse Post Standard, March 27, 2009, Olavi S. Hautanen obituary