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25 Chester Duff

Name
Chester Duff
Position
Forward
Class
Freshman
Hometown (Last School)
Darfork, KY
Seasons
1944-45
Birthday
November 27, 1924

Obituary – May 17, 2000, findagrave.com

Chester is the fifth of six children born to ZT and Dora Deaton Duff. He served in the US Army during WWII. He also attended UK and played basketball on the freshman team for one year. Chester never married.

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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

After Louisville bested Kentucky 80-68 in overtime in the 1983 NCAA Tournament, the two schools agreed to begin playing regularly starting with the following season’s opener.  On November 26, 1983, in the first regular-season meeting in 61 years between Kentucky and Louisville, the Wildcats employed a swarming defense and balanced offense to roll to victory.  Before a raucous Rupp Arena crowd of 24,012, UK took U of L apart. Seniors Jim Master (19 points), Melvin Turpin (16) and Sam Bowie, who returned after missing two full seasons to leg injuries with a stellar all-around game (seven points, 10 rebounds, five assists, five blocks), led the dismantling.

 

 

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