** Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973.**Ernest J. Schmidt (born February 12, 1911 in Nashville, Kansas, USA; died September 6, 1986) was an American college basketball player. He played college basketball for Kansas State Teachers College in the early 1930s and was considered one of the best players of his time. He led the team to 47 straight victories and four straight conference titles. He was nicknamed "One Grand" for scoring exactly 1,000 points during his college career. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1974.