1957-1958 Kentucky Basketball Roster

Walter CornettWalter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He…

Phil Johnson

Phil Johnson was a three-year letterman in basketball for the University of Kentucky from 1955-59. He…

Lowell Hughes

One of the finest all-around athletes in Kentucky schoolboy history since Wah Wah Jones, Lowell Hughes…

Don Mills

Mills was recruited to play basketball at the University of Kentucky by head coach Adolph Rupp…

Johnny Cox

Johnny Cox was born November 1, 1936, in Neon, Kentucky to Lula Mae (Miller) Cox and…

Adrian Smith

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

Dick Howe

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

Ed Beck

Obituary – UK Men's Basketball National Champion Ed Beck Dead at 83, UK Official Wildcat Website (October 17, 2019) by…

John Crigler

Obituary – John Crigler, member of UK's 1958 championship Fiddlin' Five squad, dies, Lexington Leader (December 1, 2012) by Jack…

Harold Ross

From the The Wildcat Tip-Off: Kentucky vs. Mississippi State, February 10, 1958: The stumbling block of…