Purdue's former baseball stadium, is also named for Lambert. He was listed as a scout for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball in 1948. Administrative career, writing, and honors Following his retirement from Purdue, he served as Commissioner of the National Basketball League during the final three years (1946–1949) of that league's tenure and was instrumental in its merger with the Basketball Association of America to form the National Basketball Association. Lambert wrote Practical Basketball in 1932, one of the first "bibles" of the game. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960 and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. References External links 1888 births 1958 deaths American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players United States Army personnel of World War I American sports executives and administrators Baseball players from Indiana Baseball shortstops Basketball coaches from Indiana Basketball executives Basketball players from Indiana College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Crawfordsville High School alumni High school basketball coaches in the United States Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees New York Yankees scouts People from Deadwood, South Dakota Players of American football from Indiana Point guards Purdue Boilermakers baseball coaches Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball coaches Sports commissioners United States Army officers Wabash Little Giants baseball players Wabash Little Giants basketball players Wabash Little Giants football players