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Obituary – Alonzo Nelson, Richmond (KY) Register (December 3, 2010) Alonzo Bailey Nelson, 83, of Richmond, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2010, in his home. He was born December 15, 1926, to the late Stafford Gibson “Doc” Nelson and Lena Rivers Nelson. He was a retired Personnel Director of the Bluegrass Army Depot and a member of the Richmond…
Alex Groza, nicknamed “The Beak” or “Big Al,” was born Alexander John Groza on October 7, 1926 to Mária Köteles and Alex Groza, Sr. Groza grew up in Martins Ferry, Ohio and attended Martins Ferry High School. He was the brother of pro Football Hall-of-Famer Lou Groza. He was the star center on Kentucky’s 1948 Fabulous…
He scored Kentucky’s first bowl-game TD. It wasn’t the best part of his trip – Lexington Herald-Leader (May 17, 2020) by Mark Story For the first bowl game in Kentucky Wildcats football history, Coach Bear Bryant’s Wildcats did not get a trip to scenic Pasadena nor to balmy Miami. Cleveland in December was the reward the 1947 Kentucky…
Wallace “Wah Wah” Jones was born July 14, 1926 in Harlan, Kentucky and played for the Harlan Green Dragons in high school. He led Harlan to the State Basketball Tournament for four consecutive years. As a junior in 1944, he became the toast of Kentucky when he scored 73 points over the course of the…
Albert Cummins was born Albert Barker Cummins in Brooksville, Kentucky on June 23, 1926, to Joshua “Punk” Cummins and Hazel Wells Cummins. Cummins was a 1944 graduate of Brooksville High School and a member of their undefeated, heavily favored basketball team to win the state championship that year, only to fall short in the state…
Obituary – Campbell, Lexington Herald-Leader (October 13, 1999) Kenton “Dutch” Campbell, 73, a University of Kentucky football and basketball player in the 1940’s, died of sudden heart failure at his home in Maitland, FL. Mr. Campbell, a 1948 U.K. graduate, came to Kentucky from Ohio on a football scholarship. He played two years of football and four years of…
1944-45: (Drafted into Army after season) Obituary – Former UK Player Stough Dies at Age 90, Louisville Courier-Journal (February 5, 2017) Former UK basketball player John Stough, a member of Adolph Rupp’s 1948 and 1949 national title teams, died on Friday at age 90, according to the university. Stough lettered in basketball at UK in 1945 and 1948-49, being drafted…
Al Reynolds was born Albert Solon Reynolds on April 7, 1926, in East Orange, New Jersey, to Dorothy Reynolds and Albert Solon Reynolds, Sr. Reynolds attended Clifford Scott High School before enrolling at the University of Kentucky in 1944. Reynolds was listed as a 6-foot, 151-pound forward. He was a member of the Wildcats’ basketball…
Obituary – James R. “Jim” Line, Lexington Herald-Leader (January 27, 2013) by Karla Ward James R. “Jim” Line, 87, who played on two University of Kentucky men’s basketball championship teams, died Thursday at his home in Russell, Kan. He had battled dementia, said his daughter Meridy Barnes. Mr. Line was a forward who played four years, from the 1946-47…