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Bob Guyette was born Robert Francis Guyette on August 29, 1953, in Ottawa, Illinois. At Marquette Academy, the 6-foot-9 center became the program’s career leader in scoring with 2,009 points and rebounding with 1,510. As a senior, he averaged 32 points and 20.9 rebounds, earned All-State and Sunkist All-America honors, and was named Illinois Mr.…
Jim Andrews was born September 1, 1951. Originally from West Virginia, he spent his sophomore and junior high school seasons in Centerville, Michigan, before his family returned to Lima, Ohio. At Bath High School, the 6-foot-11 center developed into one of the area’s dominant players, averaging 33.4 points and 18 rebounds as a senior. He…
Tom Payne was born Thomas Robert Payne on November 19, 1950, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Thomas Robert Payne Sr. and Elaine Johnson. The eldest of nine children, Payne did not begin organized basketball until his sophomore year at Shawnee High School, but his extraordinary size and athletic ability soon made him one of the nation’s…
Dan Issel was born Daniel Paul Issel on October 25, 1948, in Missouri to Robert and Eleanor (Meyer) Issel. He grew up in Batavia, Illinois, where he became a high school All-American at Batavia High School and excelled in basketball, football, baseball, and track. After initially leaning toward Wisconsin, Issel ultimately signed with Kentucky in…
Art Laib was born Arthur Joseph Laib on October 14, 1947, in San Francisco, California. A 6-foot-10 center-forward, he attended F. C. Hammond High School in Alexandria, Virginia, where he established a one-game school rebounding record with 29 rebounds before continuing his career at Gulf Coast Junior College in Panama City, Florida. During his lone…
Larry Lentz was born August 22, 1944, and came to Kentucky from Lakeview, Ohio, after a standout career at Indian Lake High School. The 6-foot-8 center averaged 22 points and 14 rebounds per game as a senior, shot 61 percent from the field and 78 percent from the free-throw line, earned honorable mention All-State recognition…
Transferred to Cincinnati Obituary – ROLFES, Cincinnati Enquirer (September 26, 1996) Donald P., beloved husband of Shirley Williams Rolfes, dear father of Angela Rolfes Caudill, Stephen, Christopher and Gregory Rolfes all of Harrison, grandfather of Jeffery and Justin Caudill, brother of Joan Rolfes Suding, St. Peters and brother-in-law of Merle Williams. Age 53. No visitation. Mass of Christian Burial St. John…
From the 1962 University of Kentucky Media Guide: “The chances of this lean and lanky Kentuckian-by-adoption seeing extensive action in the classification of basketball played by the nation’s most successful team are some-what remote again this year, but Harry Hurd cannot be sold short. While he has yet to register a single point in his…