Frank Sobek was born on June 18, 1929, to George and Anna Sobek in Hammond, Indiana as the youngest of 7 children.
He graduated from the University of San Francisco, where he played on the 1949 NIT Championship-winning basketball team. Frank was drafted into the military and served honorably overseas in Germany. Upon his return to Wellesley, Massachusetts, he started his career in sales at Ford Motor Company. The Sobeks settled in Scottsdale, Arizona, and he worked as a sales rep with Sigler Reeves for the remainder of his career.
One of the biggest members on the club is Art Ledwinka, a 195-pound, six-foot-four center from Hammond. Art, so far, has been slow in coming around, but his coach thinks that with a little more work, this lad will more than prove his worth. Forward Frank Sobek, also from Hammond, seems to be one of the more capable members of the team but is having trouble getting accustomed to the new type offense which is very different from what he is used to playing. Other squad members who have looked very impressive so far are guards, Nick Kucer, Dick Grigsby, Frank McNamee and Clarence Lenzen. And looking sharp at the center slot are Joe Cartan and Dick Collins.
Again it was the shooting of All-City Ward Healy that put the Hilltoppers right on the top of the heap. Healy scored his 20 digits in less than three, quarters of action, while the team hit its first twelve shots from the floor. Frank Sobek hit for 12, Dave Ahern and Larry Rebholtz each hit for 10 to lead the rest of the Don freshmen. Bill Johnson, Coach of the San Francisco Staters, told Coach Bill Gibson that in his estimation, this was the finest frosh quintet in the state (TheFoghorn).
