Ralph Beard

  Ralph Beard played on the University of Kentucky’s first two NCAA championship teams and was a member of UK’s Fabulous...

Will Smethers

Will Smethers was born Willis Alven Smethers on April 8, 1927, in Middletown, Ohio, to Guy and Ruth Smethers. He attended...

Zeb Blankenship

Zeb Blankenship was born William Zeb Blankenship on February 27, 1927, in Elkhorn City, Kentucky to Thomas L. Blankenship and Emma...

Dickie Derrickson

Jim Howe

He scored Kentucky’s first bowl-game TD. It wasn’t the best part of his trip – Lexington Herald-Leader (May 17, 2020) by Mark...

Albert Cummins

Albert Cummins was born Albert Barker Cummins in Brooksville, Kentucky on June 23, 1926, to Joshua “Punk” Cummins and Hazel Wells...

John Stough

1944-45: (Drafted into Army after season) Obituary – Former UK Player Stough Dies at Age 90, Louisville Courier-Journal (February 5, 2017) Former UK basketball player John...

Rudy Yessin

Walter Johnson

Obituary – Former Wildcat Cager Died During Sinking, Lexington Herald (September 21, 1945) MT. STERLING, Ky., Sept. 20 (Special) – Mr. and Mrs. Walter M....

Garland Townes

Garland Townes was born Garland Roy Townes, Jr. on July 10, 1925, in Hazard, Kentucky to Emma and Garland Roy Townes,...