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1934-1935 Kentucky Basketball Roster

Front row (l to r): Head Coach Adolph Rupp, Edward Tierney, Jack Tucker, Dave Lawrence, Milerd Anderson, Russell Ellington, Charles Heinrich, Trainer Frank “Skipper” Mann Standing: John McIntosh, Sam Potter, Harry Bliss, Leroy Edwards, Warfield Donohue, Garland Lewis, James Goforth, Ralph Carlisle, Manager George Campbell

#PlayerPositionDate of BirthHometown (Last School)HtWt
UNKsam gatesCharles GatesGuardMay 10, 1912Covington, KY--
5John McIntoshForwardOctober 26, 1913Hazard, KY--
6Warfield DonohueGuardMay 28, 1915Louisville, KY (St. Xavier)6'2"-
8Edward TierneyGuardOctober 26, 1912Ashland, KY--
9Charles HeinrichForwardJanuary 5, 1915Mount Sterling, KY--
10Sam PotterGuardMarch 17, 1914Kona, KY6'1"-
11Milerd AndersonGuardAugust 25, 1912Covington, KY (Holmes)5'11"-
12Bert JohnsonGuardFebruary 18, 1912Ashland, KY (High)6'0"195
14Ralph CarlisleForwardJanuary 26, 1915Lawrenceburg, KY [Kavanaugh School, Lawrenceburg, KY]6'2"-
16Bob TaylorForwardJanuary 17, 1914Covington, KY (Holmes)6'2"-
17Harry BlissForwardApril 22, 1915Caldwell, NJ--
22Jack TuckerForwardSeptember 13, 1911Cynthiana, KY6'0"-
23Russell EllingtonGuardJuly 14, 1912Louisville, KY (Manual)5'11"-
23Bruce DavisForwardJanuary 8, 1914Lexington, KY--
24James GoforthGuardOctober 19, 1913Louisville, KY (Male)6'0"200
25Leroy EdwardsCenterApril 11, 1914Indianapolis, IN (Arsenal Tech)6'4"215
26Dave LawrenceForwardMarch 18, 1912Corinth, KY6'1"-
27Garland LewisCenterApril 27, 1912Jeffersonville, IN (High)6'3"170

Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 1, 1912, Kentucky defeats Georgetown College, 19-18, to complete the season with a perfect 9-0 record and earn its first title as Southern Champions.

 

On March 1, 1921, Kentucky upsets Tulane, Mercer, Mississippi A&M and Georgia to win the first Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association basketball championship. Bill King's free throw with no time left on the clock lifted the Wildcats to the SIAA Championship over Georgia.  Hundreds of Wildcats fans await “play-by-play” via telegraph, and greet the team’s train with a celebration and parade in downtown Lexington. It is believed to be the first college basketball tournament ever played.

 

On March 1, 1952, Cliff Hagan scored 42 points against Tennessee.

 

On March 1, 1969, Dan Issel scored 31 points at Vanderbilt.

 

On March 1, 1969, Mike Casey joined the 1,000-point club.  He did it in 51 games.

 

On March 1, 1979, the 1979 SEC Tournament quarterfinals featured Kentucky and Alabama.  In a scintillating display of fast-paced basketball, Kentucky hit 68.3 percent of its shots (43-of-63) and outlasted Coach C.M. Newton’s Crimson Tide and star Reggie King (38 points) behind stellar guard play from Truman Claytor (25 points, 11-of-14 field goals), Kyle Macy (22, 9-of-16) and Dwight Anderson (19, 7-of-11) before 16,300 in the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center.

 

On March 1, 1981, on Senior Day, No. 9 Kentucky defeated No. 2 LSU 73-71.  Kentucky denied LSU’s bid for an unbeaten SEC season when Sam Bowie blocked Howard Carter’s potential game-tying jumper just ahead of the final buzzer before 24,011 in Rupp Arena.

 

On March 1, 1987, Richard Madison's basket with eight seconds left enabled the Wildcats to upset the No. 12 Sooners.

 

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