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14 Bill Barlow

Name
Bill Barlow
Position
Forward
Class
Junior
Hometown (Last School)
North Vernon, IN
Seasons
1942-43
Birthday
July 7, 1922

Obituary – WILLIAM K. BARLOW, Kentucky Post (August 20, 1990)

William K. Barlow, 68, of Crescent Springs, formerly of North Vernon, Ind., died at 1:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South. He was the retired vice president of marketing research for A.C. Nielsen Co., Northbrook, Ill., and was an Army veteran of World War II. He also formerly played basketball at the University of Kentucky for Adolph Rupp in the early 1940s.

Survivors include his wife, Jane Carothers Barlow; his mother, Ruby Barlow of North Vernon; sisters, Mary Jo Gray of North Vernon, and Juanita Tokunitue of Pompano Beach. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Diekhoff-Vance Funeral Home, North Vernon. Visitation will be there from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. A memorial service also will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Erlanger Baptist Church. Burial will be in Vernon Cemetery, Vernon, Ind. Linnemann Funeral Home, Erlanger, is in charge of local arrangements. Memorials are suggested to the St. Elizabeth Hospice Program, 401 E. 20th St., Covington, 41014.

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.

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On March 20, 1942, after winning its sixth SEC championship, UK wins its first NCAA Tournament game, 46-44, over Illinois.

 

On March 20, 1946, Ralph Beard's free throw with 40 seconds left lifted the Wildcats to their first national title in the NIT, with a 46-45 victory over Rhode Island before 18,475 in the old Madison Square Garden in New York City.

 

On March 20, 1948, Kentucky defeated Holy Cross, 60-52, in the 1948 NCAA Final Four.  Alex Groza went for 23 points and Ralph Beard 13 while Kentucky held Holy Cross star Bob Cousy to five points before 18,472 in the old Madison Square Garden in New York City. This was a pivotal win in the drive to Kentucky’s first NCAA title.

 

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