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Doug Pendygraft was born Douglas Pendygraft on December 29, 1939, in Parksville, Kentucky to Emanuel and Bertha Pendygraft. The 6-2 native Kentuckian from Parksville, spent his first two collegiate years at Lindsey Wilson Junior College of Columbia, Kentucky. During the 1959-60 campaign, Pendygraft developed into one of the nation’s top JC cagers. He set all…
Eddie Mason was born Edward Young Mason on December 23, 1939, to Edward Young Mason and Catherine J. McClure Mason. Mason starred for Elizabethtown High School in 1958, averaging 28 points per game. Coach Adolph Rupp announced on March 16, 1958, that Mason had applied for a basketball grant-in-aid at Kentucky and would join the…
Howard Dardeen was born Charles Howard Dardeen on July 28, 1939, in Terre Haute, Indiana, to Rose and George Dardeen. Dardeen gained state and national recognition as an all-around sports star at Terre Haute Gerstmeyer High. In basketball, he was twice All-State in Indiana and named on the schoolboy All-America teams picked by Dell and…
Bill Lickert was born Billy Ray Lickert on January 8, 1939, in Lexington, Kentucky to R.H. Lickert and Nancy “Nannie” Jones Lickert. He was a distinguished basketball player who made significant contributions to the University of Kentucky Wildcats during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Lickert’s basketball journey began at Lafayette High School, where he…
Bobby Slusher was born Bobby Lee Slusher on November 17, 1938, in Bell County, Kentucky. His mother was Eulah Woods. He played for Lone Jack High School in Four Mile, Kentucky. He boasted a tremendous high school reputation as a scorer. On January 22, 1957, he hit for 83 points against Pineville in a 113-64…
From the 1961 University of Kentucky Media Guide: At a towering 6 ft., 9 in., Ned Jennings is the tallest Wildcat since seven-foot Bill Spivey and for the fourth straight year of his collegiate career is the key man in Kentucky’s plans for a successful season. If he rounds into shape and reaches the form…
From the 1961 University of Kentucky Media Guide: Captain of the 1961 Wildcats and one of the most honored athletes in UK history, Dick (Little Man) Parsons is a diminutive (5-9 and 155) playmaker equally dangerous in every phase of the cage game. The smallest regular ever to play for Coach Rupp, he can dash…
From the 1961 University of Kentucky Media Guide: A 6-4 former unanimous All-Stater from Greenville, Kentucky, Newman will be playing his first and final varsity season with the Wildcats this year due to absences and quirks of eligibility rules. He was to have been Kentucky’s “secret weapon” against Georgia Tech in the crucial closing days…
Lowell Hughes was born Lowell Thurman Hughes in Prestonsburg, Kentucky on February 26, 1938, to John Thurman Hughes and Gladys Jean Stambaugh Hughes. Lowell Hughes was a distinguished three-sport athlete at the University of Kentucky during the late 1950s, excelling in basketball, football, and baseball. Born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, Hughes was recognized as a schoolboy…
Known as the “rebounding redhead.” Burchett was named All-SEC Third Team in 1962. He finished his UK career averaging 8 points per game and 6.8 rebounds per game. He was named as head coach of Flat Gap High School, where he graduated in 1957, for the 1962-63 school year. He was inducted into the Johnson…