- Name
- Joe Coons
- Position
- Center
- Hometown (Last School)
- Mount Sterling, KY
- Seasons
- 1902-03, 1903-04, 1904-05
- Birthday
- October 1, 1880
Legal Name: Joseph Morrison Coons
Date of Death: July 26, 1909
Born in October 1880 (exact date unknown). Member of Kentucky’s first basketball team. Played football and ran track. Held the school record in the 120 yard low hurdles and the 220 yard hurdles for a number of years. Member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Tau Beta Pi, engineering honor society. Graduated in 1905 with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. On June 30, 1908, married Grace Ogg in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. Died of general tuberculosis a little over a year later at the age of 28.
