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Legal Name: Elmer Theodor Gilb Nickname: Elmer “Baldy” Gilb Date of Death: October 1, 1991 Brother-in-law of former Kentucky player Carey Spicer and future Kentucky player Bill Spicer Elmer “Baldy” Gilb, was a University of Kentucky sports standout who coached basketball at Henry Clay High School for 25 years. Gilb was born in South Ft.…

Legal Name: Leonard Miller Date of Death: May 1, 1945 Leonard (Len) Miller, played basketball and football at Kentucky A native of Lexington, Miller was a graduate of the old Lexington (Henry Clay) high school and played on two national championship basketball teams. He captained the Blue Devils to the state title over Fort Thomas, 15-10 in…

Obituary – Hays H. Owens, Vincennes (IN) Sun Commercial (July 24, 1972) Hays H Owens, 64, 1205 Oak St. died Monday 7:15 a.m. in Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born in Bryantsville, Ky. Nov. 2, 1907, son of James N and Cora Durham Owens. He was a Prudential Insurance Co. salesman before a 25 year career in the U.S.…

Obituary – Former UK Basketball Player Dies, Lexington Herald-Leader Stanley “Spooks” Milward, a former University of Kentucky basketball player, died March 2 at Methodist South Hospital near Memphis, Tenn., after a long illness. He was 74. Milward, who was a resident of Olive Branch, Miss., was a retired Army major and a former employee of the General Adjustment…

Obituary – FORMER UK PLAYER LAWRENCE MCGINNIS, IS DEAD AT AGE 79 , Lexington Herald-Leader (February 7, 1987) by Jennifer Hewlett Lawrence L. McGinnis, a former University of Kentucky basketball and football player who went on to have a long and successful career as a high school basketball coach, died Thursday at Mercy Hospital in Owensboro. The Lexington native…