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14 Joseph Hagan

Name
Joseph Hagan
Position
Forward
Class
Senior
Hometown (Last School)
Louisville, KY (Male & St. Xavier)
Ht
6'2"
Seasons
1935-36, 1936-37, 1937-38
Birthday
July 12, 1913

Obituary – JOSEPH EDWARD HAGAN, Louisville Courier-Journal (September 16, 2001)

Joseph Edward Hagan, 88, Louisville, died Saturday at Baptist Hospital in Nashville.

He was a teacher and coach in Jefferson County Public High Schools, where he worked for 42 years. He was a member of St. Xavier High School Athletic Hall of Fame and Jefferson Co. Athletic Directors Hall of Fame and st. Raphael the Archangel Church. He was a former member of U of K’s Men’s Basketball team and co-captain of the UK-Football team.

Survivors: his wife, Maynette S. Hagan; his sons, Joseph R., Dr. Ketih W., and Thomas M. Hagan; his sisters, Louise Rush, Francis Ambrose, Clara Roman, Geraldine Manning, Josephine Harwood and Edith Sinkhorn; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Memorial mass: noon, Wednesday at his church. Interment of ashes: Calvary Cemetery. Memorial visitations: after 11 a.m. Wednesday at his church, Bardstown and Lancashire Rds. Memorial gifts: St. Xavier High School Scholarship Fund. Arranged by Highlands Funeral Home.

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 15, 1973, No. 17 Kentucky defeated Austin Peay, 106-100 in overtime in the 1973 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen.  In UK’s first NCAA Tournament game without Adolph Rupp as its coach, senior center Jim Andrews scored 30 points, but it was senior reserve Larry Stamper who tallied the final six points in overtime as the Wildcats outlasted Austin Peay and its charismatic star, James “Fly” Williams (26 points), before 15,581 fans in Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gym.  This was Joe B. Hall’s first NCAA tourney win.

 

On March 15, 1992, eligible for postseason play for the first time in three years, Kentucky dominates Alabama, 80-54, to take its 16th SEC Tournament Championship.

 

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