Guard
Ercel Little was born Ercel Bois Little on August 13, 1908, in Livingston County, Kentucky, the son of Dallas Hickman Little and Elizabeth Narcisis Watson Little. He grew up in Tolu, where he played four years at Tolu High School. The team went undefeated in scheduled games during his final three seasons, and Little received…
Legal Name: Elmer Theodor Gilb Nickname: Elmer “Baldy” Gilb Date of Death: October 1, 1991 Brother-in-law of former Kentucky player Carey Spicer and future Kentucky player Bill Spicer Elmer “Baldy” Gilb, was a University of Kentucky sports standout who coached basketball at Henry Clay High School for 25 years. Gilb was born in South Ft.…
Legal Name: Leonard Miller Date of Death: May 1, 1945 Leonard (Len) Miller, played basketball and football at Kentucky A native of Lexington, Miller was a graduate of the old Lexington (Henry Clay) high school and played on two national championship basketball teams. He captained the Blue Devils to the state title over Fort Thomas, 15-10 in…
Obituary – FORMER UK PLAYER LAWRENCE MCGINNIS, IS DEAD AT AGE 79 , Lexington Herald-Leader (February 7, 1987) by Jennifer Hewlett Lawrence L. McGinnis, a former University of Kentucky basketball and football player who went on to have a long and successful career as a high school basketball coach, died Thursday at Mercy Hospital in Owensboro. The Lexington native…
Egbert Marshall was born Coleman Egbert Marshall on July 24, 1906, in Frankfort, Kentucky, to Benona Marshall and Emma Wallace Eggbert Marshall, one of 13 children in the family. A standout athlete at Frankfort High School, he earned All-Central Kentucky football honors, helped lead the Panthers to a district basketball championship, and was voted Frankfort’s…
Irvine Jeffries was born Irvine Franklin Jeffries on September 10, 1905, in Louisville, Kentucky. A gifted all-around athlete, he starred in basketball, football, baseball and track at DuPont Manual High School. Jeffries produced one of the most dramatic moments in Kentucky high school basketball history during Manual’s run to the 1925 state championship. After making…
Bill Trott was born William Peter Detroy Trott on March 6, 1905, in Evansville, Indiana, to Wilhelm Franklin Trott and Barbara Detroy Trott. He was one of the pioneering athletes who played basketball under the legendary coach Adolph Rupp at the University of Kentucky. Trott’s basketball career at Kentucky spanned from the late 1920s to…
Burgess Carey was born George Burgess Carey II, on March 4, 1905, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to George Burgess Carey and Katherine Jouett Reed. Carey was Kentucky’s second All-American in 1925. He was a powerfully-built backguard, a defensive specialist, who seldom went beyond midcourt and did not shoot the ball: He was stationed permanently under the…
Len Tracy was born Leonard Graves Tracy in Winchester, Kentucky on March 3, 1905, to J. Stuart Tracy and Jessie Boswell Tracy. He was a standout athlete at Lexington Senior High School, where he played on the basketball team that won the national championship in 1922. Tracy continued his athletic career at the University of…