"A man who would later become nearly synonymous with Wheaton basketball, Lee Pfund also began making his mark as an assistant football and basketball coach in 1944-45. Pfund was a professional baseball pitcher with a 'no-Sunday' contract and had been drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers. A knee injury from sandlot baseball kept him out of military service, so he was taking courses at the college and coaching. When team captain Bill Ward, who was also an evangelist, was unable to show up for a game at Concordia because his evangelistic services were extended in Texas. So Pfund donned a Crusader uniform and continued with the team until it was time to report to the Dodgers' training camp." - Author Steve Schwepker in Through Clouds and Sunshine (1979)