League: NCAA
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Boone Simpson
Howard Kinne
Howard Kinne was born Howard Irving Kinne on February 19, 1896 in Pleasant Plains Township, Michigan to William Alfred Kinne and Nola Estella Miller Kinne. His father was a Kentucky state senator. When just a small child, Kinne was brought by his parents from Michigan to Stearns, Kentucky, where his father was connected with the…
Herndon Evans
Herndon Evans was born Herndon Julian Evans in Morehead, Kentucky on December 22, 1895, to John G. Evans and Amelia Roberta Hamm Evans. Evans was a 1914 graduate of Frankfort High School. Evans attended Kentucky but his studies were disrupted by service in the Army from 1917-1918. Evans returned and graduated from the University of…
Tom Zerfoss
Thomas Bowman “Tom” Zerfoss was born on June 15, 1895, in Kentucky, the son of Louis Frank and Elizabeth Peak Zerfoss. Although some sources list his birthplace as Ashland and others as Bedford, there is no dispute that he grew up in Kentucky and became part of one of the Commonwealth’s earliest basketball families. Zerfoss…
Lawrence Longsworth
Otto Schwant
Doc Rodes
George Gumbert
Jim Server
Robert Ireland
Robert Ireland was born Robert Young Ireland on February 21, 1894, in New Castle, Kentucky to Richard Ireland and Ann Bradford Gatewood Ireland. Ireland grew up in La Grange, Kentucky, and attended La Grange High School, where he began to showcase his athletic talents. He later enrolled at the University of Kentucky, where he continued…