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Richard Arnett

Name
Richard Arnett
Position
Guard
Hometown (Last School)
Troy, KY (Woodford County)
Seasons
1902-03, 1903-04
Birthday
March 25, 1883

Legal Name:  Richard Hood Arnett
Date of Death: January 9, 1955

Member of Kentucky’s first basketball team as a junior.  College nickname was “Dick.”  Member of the Patterson Literary Society.  Graduated in June of 1904 with a Bachelor of Pedagogy (teaching).

Married Bertha Duerfeldt in Riverside, California in May 1924. They owned and published a weekly newspaper in Jucaipa, California.  Died January 9, 1955 in San Diego, California, and was buried in Redlands, California.

 

 

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 10, 1989, Kentucky finishes the year with a 13-19 record, its first losing mark in 61 seasons.

 

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