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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.

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 February 27, 1956, Kentucky scored 143 points against Georgia for the most points ever scored by a Kentucky team in a single game.

 

On February 27, 1956, Kentucky made 60 field goals against Georgia for the most field goals ever made in a single game by a Kentucky team.

 

On February 27, 2016, freshman Jamal Murray scored 33 points at Vanderbilt.

 

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