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Bill Heizer was born William Lucien Heizer on April 29, 1908, in Lexington, Kentucky. He was the son of Dr. W. L. Heizer, a Lexington physician who was active in the community during the 1920s, and Annie Earle Mony Heizer. Heizer attended University High School in Lexington, where he developed into one of the city’s outstanding…
Stanley Milward was born in Lexington, Kentucky, to William Rice Milward II and Bessie Featherston Milward. He attended Lexington Senior High School, where he helped the Blue Devils capture the 1926 Kentucky state basketball championship. After enrolling at the University of Kentucky, the 6-foot-3 Milward quickly established himself as one of the school’s outstanding all-around…
Arville Ramage Hickerson was born on November 23, 1906, in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Arville Leslie Hickerson and Daisy Evelyn Ramage Hickerson. He attended Owensboro High School before enrolling at the University of Kentucky, where he studied in the College of Engineering. During his freshman year, Hickerson pledged Delta Tau Delta fraternity and played center on…
Henry Besuden was born Henry Carlisle Besuden II on September 12, 1904, in Winchester, Kentucky, to Henry Carlisle Besuden and Mary Calloway French. He graduated from Clark County High School in 1923 before enrolling at the University of Kentucky, where the 6-foot-3 Winchester native studied agriculture and joined the basketball program as a center. Besuden…
Paul Adkins was born Paul Wendell Adkins on August 28, 1899, in Williamsburg, Kentucky, the son of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Adkins. He played at Centre and Cumberland colleges before donning his first Kentucky uniform in 1921. The 6-foot-2 center scored 274 points in 28 games during two seasons at Kentucky. His steady work…
Ben Marsh was born in Maysville, Kentucky, to Millard Fillmore and Mary D. Toup Marsh. He attended Maysville schools before enrolling at the University of Kentucky, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture in 1919. Known to teammates and sportswriters as “Big Ben,” Marsh played center for the Wildcats and earned a…
George Zerfoss was born George Ernest Zerfoss on April 11, 1897, in Bedford, Kentucky, to Louis Franklin Zerfoss and Elizabeth Peake Zerfoss. His brother Karl was captain of the 1916 Kentucky basketball team and his brother Tom also participated in varsity athletics at Kentucky. Zerfoss spent his boyhood and youth in Lexington, where his father…
Alvin Thompson was born on March 17, 1897, in Clintonville, Kentucky to Albert Sidney and Mincie Lary Thompson. Thompson played as a center for the Wildcats. Standing at 6 feet tall, he was a multi-sport athlete, also excelling in football. Thompson attended Paris high school where he starred in football. He then attended the University…