Dick Howe was born Richard Samuel Howe on August 30, 1936, in Carbondale, Illinois. Howe was a standout both as a basketball pivotman and grid end for four seasons at Carbondale Community High School in Illinois. Howe was one of the best centers in southern Illinois his senior year and was the honorary captain of…
Dick Howe
Ronald Clark
Transferred to Springfield College (MA) From the 1952 University of Kentucky Basketball Media Guide: All-State performer in Massachusetts last season as a prep star, Clark entered U.K. in the summer and played on the exhibition tour Kentucky made in Puerto Rico . . He’s being groomed as replacement for Big Bill Spivey, All-America center, and probably…
J. Rice Walker
Obituary – J. Rice Walker Is Found Dead, Lexington Herald (March 8, 1961) J. Rice Walker, 43, a former University of Kentucky basketball star, died yesterday morning apparently as a result of injuries received in a fall. His body was found about 7:30 a.m. yesterday in a cottage on Lake Cumberland near Russell Springs. He apparently had fallen down…
John DeMoisey
John DeMoisey was born John R. “Frenchy” DeMoisey on August 5, 1912, in Walton, Kentucky. He was a standout basketball player at Walton High School, where he led the team to the state championship in 1932. DeMoisey was also a member of the Kentucky All-Star team in 1932. After graduating from high school, DeMoisey enrolled…
Forest Sale
Forest Sale was born Forest Elmer Sale on June 25, 1911, in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, to Foster E. and Mary Sale. Fellow players and friends called him “Aggie” because he was in the UK College of Agriculture as a freshman student. “Aggie” was a two-time All-American for the University of Kentucky and the first Wildcat to…
Lovell Underwood
Lovell Underwood was born Lovell Thornton Underwood on December 13, 1902, in Carter County, Kentucky. In October 1920, he left Carter County for Lexington to enter high school at the Odd Fellows Home. He held many nicknames throughout his life including “Cowboy,” “Puncher,” and “LT.” He was the star center for Lexington High School which…
Karl Rohs
Obituary – Military Funeral Monday for Lieut. Karle H. Rohs, Cynthiana Democrat (June 4, 1942) BURIAL TOOK PLACE IN ST. EDWARD’S CATHOLIC CEMETERY A most impressive service with a military background market the last rites Monday for First Lieutenant Karle H. Rohs, who was taken by death Thursday in his quarters at Ft. Knox, Ky. The entire population of…
John Everett
John Everett was born John Chenoweth Everett, Jr. in Maysville, Kentucky on February 21, 1900, to Anna Boynton Burgess Everett and John Chenoweth Everett, Sr. As a boy, he was a student in the city schools, the preparatory academy of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, and then completed his education at the University of Kentucky…
Lawrence Longsworth
Vincent Del Negro
Vincent Del Negro, Sr., was born on March 27, 1936, in Springfield, Massachusetts to Carmine Sr. and Madeline (Coughlin). Del Negro, “Big Vin” was a star athlete and Boys Club legend growing up. He graduated from Springfield Trade High School in 1955 before enlisting to serve his country in the United States Army, where he…