CREATE TABLE table_204_585 (id NUMBER, "year" CLOB, "player" CLOB, "high school" CLOB, "college" CLOB, "nba/aba draft" CLOB)

who won an award before ed schienbein in 1940 ?
SELECT "player" FROM table_204_585 WHERE "year" < 1940
SELECT "player" FROM "table_204_585" WHERE "year" < 1940