on the board of education of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Rehfeldt died on October 16, 1980 at age 53 of cancer. Honors and awards Big Ten Conference Most Valuable Player in 1950 First Team All-American 1950 First Team All-Big Ten, 1949 & 1950 2nd Team All-Big Ten 1948 Big Ten leading Scorer, 1949 & 1950 Charter member of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Athletic Hall of Fame (1991). First Badger to score 1000 points Elected to the IBCA/Basketball Museum of Illinois Hall of Fame in 1974 Elected to the Chicago Public League Hall of Fame – May 2009 Finished his Badger Career with 14 of 28 Individual Scoring Records External links NBA statistics References 1927 births 1980 deaths 20th-century American politicians All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball players Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) draft picks Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) players Deaths from cancer in Wisconsin Milwaukee Hawks players People from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Power forwards (basketball) School board members in Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball players Basketball players from Chicago