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1938-1939 Kentucky Basketball Roster

Front Row (l to r): Ernie Jefferson, Donald Orme, Elmo Head, Waller White, Carl Combs, Lee Huber Second Row: Head Coach Adolph Rupp, Walter Hodge, Mickey Rouse, Bernard Opper, Keith Farnsley, Harry Denham, Asst. Coach Paul McBrayer Standing: Trainer Frank “Skipper” Mann, Jay Nelson, Carl Staker, Stan Cluggish, Marion Cluggish, Homer “Tub” Thompson, Fred Curtis, Jim Goodman, Student Manager J.B. Faulconer

#PlayerPositionDate of BirthHometown (Last School)HtWt
3Lee HuberGuardFebruary 16, 1919Louisville, KY (St. Xavier)6'0"175
3Bernard OpperGuardSeptember 1, 1915New York, NY (Morris High)5'10"185
4Keith FarnsleyForwardFebruary 11, 1918New Albany, IN6'2"162
7James GoodmanForwardOctober 28, 2020Paris, KY (High)6'3"168
10Elmo HeadForwardSeptember 15, 1917Shelbyville, KY5'10"146
10Layton RouseGuardMay 11, 1918Ludlow, KY6'1"169
12Marion CluggishCenterSeptember 18, 1917Corbin, KY6'8"235
13Homer ThompsonCenterJanuary 18, 1916Jeffersonville, IN (High)6'4"215
17Ernie JeffersonGuardApril 19, 1917Midway, KY (High)5'10"154
23Harry DenhamCenterJune 17, 1918Maysville, KY (High)6'0"168
26Walter HodgeForwardSeptember 18, 1915Paris, KY (High) 6'3"176
27Fred CurtisForwardFebruary 13, 1915Nashville, TN (East)6'2"169

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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