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Joseph Hermann was born Joseph George Hermann on April 13, 1886, in Newport, Kentucky, to Joseph Strobel Hermann and Caroline (Carrie) Blesch Hermann. He was the seventh born of nine children. Hermann enrolled at Kentucky in 1903 and graduated with a bachelor of civil engineering degree in 1907. While at Kentucky, Hermann played basketball during…
Arthur Donan was born Arthur Liston Donan on March 27, 1885, in Three Springs, Kentucky to Dr. David Crews Donan and Victoria Grady Donan. Donan attended the University of Kentucky where he played both baseball and basketball. He also managed the football team in 1906-07. He was a member of Tau Beta Pi and the…
Thomson Bryant was born Thomson Ripley Bryant on January 8, 1885, in Fayette County, Kentucky, to Dudley Hughes Bryant and Sarah Quaels Thomson. In the earliest, formative years of basketball at the University of Kentucky—when the sport itself was still carving out its place on campus—few figures embodied the spirit of those rugged beginnings quite…
Legal Name: William Ingram Goodwin Date of Death: December 11, 1940 Member of Kentucky’s first basketball team. Also played football in 1903 and 1904. Member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Born at Somerset Ky., June 14, 1884, he was a son of Mrs. W.J. Goodwin, now of Lexington, and the late W.J. Goodwin, wholesale groceryman and…
Legal Name: Henry Joseph Wurtele Date of Death: September 15, 1973 Member of Kentucky’s first basketball team. Member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Henry Joseph Wurtele was a Louisville, Kentucky native and graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1904. Married Ida Reid Huey on January 5, 1910. At…
Legal Name: Joel White Guyn Date of Death: April 15, 1953 Member of Kentucky’s first basketball team. Member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Former Sergeant, University of Kentucky Military Dept. Was captain of the university’s football team in 1904. He was coach from 1906 through 1908. J. White Guyn was one of 4 children born to Joel…
Charles Wright was born Charles Roy Wright on April 11, 1883, in Danville, Kentucky, to James A. Wright and Mary Marple Wright. He grew up in Stanford, Kentucky, and graduated from the Stanford Male Academy in 1901. Wright enrolled at Kentucky for the fall semester in 1901. He played in one game for Kentucky in…