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John Everett was born John Chenoweth Everett, Jr. in Maysville, Kentucky on February 21, 1900, to Anna Boynton Burgess Everett and John Chenoweth Everett, Sr. As a boy, he was a student in the city schools, the preparatory academy of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, and then completed his education at the University of Kentucky…

John Goodwin Carr was born September 22, 1899, in Science Hill, Kentucky to John and Mary Carr. He married Jean Elliott on November 6, 1920, in Jeffersonville, Indiana. He played football and basketball for Kentucky in 1919-1920. He was also a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Carr was a retired mason. He passed away…

Paul Adkins played at Kentucky in 1921 and 1922.

Basil Hayden has the distinction of being Kentucky’s first All-American. Before Eddie Sutton went 13-19 in 1989, Hayden also had the distinction of being the coach with the last losing record at Kentucky before Adolph Rupp took over as head coach. Basil Hayden was born Basil Ewing Hayden in Stanford, Kentucky, on May 19, 1899,…

Charles Spilman was born Charles Merritt Spilman on October 1, 1898, in Harrodsburg, Kentucky to Mary Brewer Van Arsdale and Benjamin F. Spilman. He attended schools in Harrodsburg and at Lexington High School (the forerunner of Henry Clay High), and enlisted in the Navy in 1917, serving 23 months. At a meeting of the Senior…
