1955-1956 Kentucky Basketball Roster

Phil Johnson

Phil Johnson was a three-year letterman in basketball for the University of Kentucky from 1955-59. He helped Adolph Rupp’s program win...

Ed Beck

Obituary – UK Men’s Basketball National Champion Ed Beck Dead at 83, UK Official Wildcat Website (October 17, 2019) by Deb Moore SUN CITY, Ariz....

John Crigler

Obituary – John Crigler, member of UK’s 1958 championship Fiddlin’ Five squad, dies, Lexington Leader (December 1, 2012) by Jack Brammer John Lloyd Crigler, a...

Harold Ross

From the The Wildcat Tip-Off: Kentucky vs. Mississippi State, February 10, 1958: The stumbling block of too much formidable competition ahead...

Bill Smith

Bill Smith was born William Ronald Smith on February 17, 1936, in Walton, Kentucky, to James S. Smith and Beulah Smith. Smith...

Lincoln Collinsworth

Lincoln Collinsworth was born Abraham Lincoln Collinsworth in Salyersville, Kentucky, on February 12, 1936 (Abraham Lincoln’s birthday) to Judge Green and...

Vernon Hatton

Vernon Hatton was born Walter Vernon Hatton on January 13, 1936, in Owingsville, Kentucky to Dawson Hatton and Rebecca Boswell Ginter...

Gerry Calvert

Gerry Calvert was born Gerry Lynn Calvert on September 19, 1935, in Decatur, Illinois. The Calvert family later moved to Maysville...

John Brewer