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Bruce Davis was born Bruce Llandys Davis on January 8, 1914, in Jellico, Tennessee, to William F. and Anna Bruce Huston Davis. In the early years of the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball under Adolph Rupp, long before championships and national acclaim became expected, players like Bruce Davis helped shape the foundation of what Kentucky basketball…
Obituary – John Alexander McIntosh Jr., 70, Lexington Herald-Leader (October 23, 1984) John Alexander McIntosh Jr., 70, of 285 Hedgewood Court, former company pilot and engineer for Irvin Industries, husband of Madie McIntosh, died Sunday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center off Cooper Drive after a long illness. McIntosh played basketball under the late University of Kentucky coach Adolph…
Biography – “K” Men Who Died in World War II, Kentucky Game Program (December 9, 1950) GOFORTH, 1st Lt. James William, 30, A.B. in Ed. ’38, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Goforth of Louisville and husband of Mrs. Nancy Offut Goforth of San Bernardino, Calif. One of the University of Kentucky’s outstanding basketball stars, he went to Harlan…
Obituary – JOSEPH EDWARD HAGAN, Louisville Courier-Journal (September 16, 2001) Joseph Edward Hagan, 88, Louisville, died Saturday at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. He was a teacher and coach in Jefferson County Public High Schools, where he worked for 42 years. He was a member of St. Xavier High School Athletic Hall of Fame and Jefferson Co. Athletic Directors Hall…
Obituary – Nick Lutz, (February 5, 2013) by Jon Scott & Lutz Family Nicholas (Nick) Henry Lutz was born June 14, 1913 in Chicago Illinois to Henry Lutz of Milwaukee WI and Suzanna Britz of Joliet IL. At a young age, Nick moved to Ashland Kentucky to live with his aunt and uncle, Margaret and Lucian (Luke) Hatfield…