Evan Settle

Evan Settle was born Evan Evans Settle, Jr. on October 13, 1912 in Kentucky to Evan Evans Settle, Sr. and Eula...

Milerd Anderson

Milerd Anderson, also known as Andy, was an all-state guard in 1931 when the Covington Holmes basketball team advanced to the...

Russell Ellington

Obituary – RUSSELL ‘DUKE’ ELLINGTON, FORMER UK ATHLETE, DIES, Lexington Herald-Leader (April 25, 1986) by Staff Russell F. “Duke” Ellington, a former University of Kentucky...

Charles Gates

Charles Gates was born Samuel Charles Gates on May 19, 1912, in Covington, Kentucky, to Samuel Charles Gates, Sr. and Ona...

Bert Johnson

Bert Johnson was born Bert Edward Johnson on February 18, 1912, in Ashland, Kentucky to Joseph Willard Johnson and Effie Barber...

Ralph Kercheval

Obituary – Ralph Kercheval, former trainer, breeder and star UK football player, dies at 98, Lexington Herald-Leader (October 7, 2010) by Laura Butler Ralph Godfrey...

Harvey Mattingly

Harvey Mattingly was born Harvey Winford Mattingly on September 26, 1911, in Springfield, Kentucky to James Raphael and Melinda Grimes.  He...

Maurice Jackson

Obituary – MAURICE JACKSON DIES AT 84 , Lexington Herald-Leader (August 12, 1995) by JENNIFER HEWLETT Maurice Jackson was a veteran at winning. He coached...

Bill Davis

Obituary – Bill Davis, merchant and athletes, dies, Henderson Gleaner William Owen “Bill” Davis, 70, husband of Opal Going Davis of Hazard, Ky. passed...

Ellis Johnson

One of Kentucky’s truly great all-around athletes, lettering three years in basketball and football while also participating in baseball and track....