League: NCAA
NCAA
Charles Schrader
Hubert Blakey
Elmer Hopkins
Elmer Hopkins was born Elmer Woodson Hopkins on March 17, 1893, in Henderson, Kentucky, to Woodson Hopkins and Magdalene Ewing Hopkins. His father, Woodson, was a city engineer for Henderson. Hopkins attended the old Barret Manual Training High School in Henderson, Kentucky. Hopkins’ basketball career at Kentucky is questionable. Yearbooks from the era indicate that…
Thomas Tanner
Thomas Tanner was born Thomas Butler Tanner on December 20, 1892, in Lexington, Kentucky to Joseph Marion Tanner and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Butler Tanner. Tanner was a freshman at Kentucky in 1908 where he studied mechanical engineering. He married Emily Hildreth Hawkins in Lexington on December 29, 1914. Tanner passed away unexpectedly on December 14, 1965,…
Derrill Hart
Derrill Hart was born Derrill Wason Hart on December 12, 1892, in Pisgah, Kentucky to Rebecca Wright Wasson Hart and Dr. Robert Singleton Hart. His family was one of the pioneer families which settled Pisgah in Woodford County. His father was a Confederate veteran having been a lieutenant of the 22nd Alabama Regiment under General…
James Park
Herschel Scott
Augustus Weisenberger
William Tuttle
William Tuttle was born William Preston Tuttle on January 30, 1892, in Morlan, Kentucky to Malissa Susan Waddle and John Craig Tuttle. Tuttle’s nickname was “Squirrelly.” He graduated from the University of Kentucky where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He was also a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, Alpha Zeta, and the Mystic…