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1943-1944 Kentucky Basketball Roster

Front Row (l to r): Ed Allin, Rudy Yessin, Glen Parker, Charles Fox, Bob Stamper, John Brown Middle Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Walter Johnson, Jack Parkinson, Nate Buis, Don Whitehead, Harry Gorham Back Row: Tom Moseley, Wilbur Schu, Bob Brannum, George Vulich, Truett DeMoisey, Bill Cravens, Jack Tingle

#PlayerPositionHometown (Last School)HtWt
UNKMaurice BellGuardMontgomery, AL (Sidney Lanier)5'8"145
3wilbur schuWilbur SchuForwardVersailles, KY6'4"180
5Wes CravensForwardHuntington, WV6'4"165
7Truett DeMoiseyForwardWalton, KY6'5"200
8Harry GorhamGuardLexington, KY (University High)5'11"172
9Glen ParkerGuardChrisney, IN5'10"170
11Don WhiteheadForwardEvansville, IN (Bosse)6'0"155
12Nathaniel BuisForwardLiberty, KY6'1"180
13J. Ed ParkerForward-GuardLexington, KY (Henry Clay)6'0"150
13Rudy YessinGuardHarlan, KY5'11"170
14Walter JohnsonGuardMount Sterling, KY6'0"165
15George VulichCenterGary, IN (Froebel)6'8"200
19Jack TingleForwardBedford, KY (Trimble High)6'3"185
19Jack ParkinsonGuardYorktown, IN (High)6'0"175
20Tom MoseleyGuardLexington, KY (Lafayette)6'3"180
34Ed AllinGuard-ForwardLexington, KY (Henry Clay)6'1"165
51Bob BrannumCenterWinfield, KS (High)6'5"205

Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On December 12, 1998, No. 5 Kentucky upset No. 2 Maryland, 103-91.  In a scintillating, up-and-down matchup that had a Rupp Arena crowd of 24,321 rocking, UK seniors Heshimu Evans (31 points), Scott Padgett (25) and Wayne Turner (17) and freshman Tayshaun Prince (13) outdueled Maryland’s Terence Morris (26), Steve Francis (25) and Obinna Ekezie (19).

 

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