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15 Stan Cluggish

Name
Stan Cluggish
Position
Forward
Class
Sophomore
Hometown (Last School)
Corbin, KY
Ht
6'6"
Seasons
1939-40
Birthday
August 19, 1919

Obituary – Former UK Athlete Dies in Hospital, Lexington Herald (March 17, 1956)

The body of Stanford Cluggish, former basketball player at the University of Kentucky, was taken yesterday from Kerr Bros. Funeral Home to the O’Neill Funeral Home in Corbin.
Cluggish died at 4:50 p.m. Thursday at the Veterans Administration Hospital where he was admitted Wednesday.

He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Corbin team that won the state basketball championship in 1936.

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 14, 1970, Dan Issel scores his 2,138th point, etching his name into the record book as UK’s all-time leading scorer. The top-ranked Wildcats are upset by Jacksonville, 106-100, in the NCAA Tournament.

 

On March 14, 1996, Kentucky dished 35 assists against San Jose State for the most assists ever recorded by a Kentucky team.

 

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