League: NCAA

NCAA

George Zerfoss

George Zerfoss was born George Ernest Zerfoss on April 11, 1897, in Bedford, Kentucky, to Louis Franklin Zerfoss and Elizabeth Peake Zerfoss.  His brother Karl was captain of the 1916 Kentucky basketball team and his brother Tom also participated in varsity athletics at Kentucky. Zerfoss spent his boyhood and youth in Lexington, where his father…

Alvin Thompson

Alvin Thompson was born on March 17, 1897, in Clintonville, Kentucky to Albert Sidney and Mincie Lary Thompson.  Thompson played as a center for the Wildcats. Standing at 6 feet tall, he was a multi-sport athlete, also excelling in football. Thompson attended Paris high school where he starred in football.  He then attended the University…

Fred Fest

Fred Fest was born Frederick William Fest in Winchester, Kentucky on March 6, 1897, to George Maxmillian Fest and Alice Alberta Johnson Fest.  He was a notable basketball player who played as a center for the University of Kentucky Wildcats during the early 1920s. He attended Martins Ferry High School in Ohio, where he was…

Marshall Barnes

Marshall Barnes was born March 2, 1897 in Beaver Dam, Kentucky to John Hiram Barnes and Margaret Eblen Barnes.  Barnes graduated from Beaver Dam High School in 1917. Barnes entered UK in 1919 and was a forward for Kentucky during the early 1920s. He played on the team during the 1922-23 season seeing action in…