1957-1958 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...

Lowell Hughes

Lowell Hughes was born Lowell Thurman Hughes in Prestonsburg, Kentucky on February 26, 1938, to John Thurman Hughes and Gladys Jean...

Don Mills

Don Mills was born on April 8, 1937, in Clay County, Kentucky, to Clarence T. Mills and Myrtle Carnes Mills. Mills...

Johnny Cox

Johnny Cox was born November 1, 1936, in Neon, Kentucky to Lula Mae (Miller) Cox and William Braxton Cox. The Cox...

Adrian Smith

Adrian Smith, also known as “Odie” (spelled Oddie in newspaper accounts from his high school days) was born Adrian Howard Smith...

Dick Howe

Dick Howe was born Richard Samuel Howe on August 30, 1936, in Carbondale, Illinois.  Howe was a standout both as a...

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...