january american college basketball player coach kentucky native began playing sport sixth grade year transferred study chemistry play school basketball squad captained team victory southern athletic association championship named american efforts basketball player earn honor graduating took number different jobs called coach basketball team following departure record year replaced returned previous died age oldest athlete jersey hung school early life born stanford kentucky father joseph mother annie née brown tutor moved paris kentucky early age began playing basketball sixth grade continued entering drafted united_states_army world war conflict ended shipped entered intending minister switched following year study industrial chemistry played tennis competed throw setting school record basketball career joined school basketball team season squad leading scorer points games leading average points game player team scored points average greater slipped points game following year finished second points average rookie found success team victory major basketball tournament named american basketball player honored highest scoring game season scoring points injured knee high jump prior final season finished average points game best average team season fourth highest points peak playing career weighed pounds nicknamed blond overall career statistics saw points games average points game graduation moved detroit work dodge returned kentucky summer basketball season coached winchester time season kentucky went taught coached taking job insurance business richmond kentucky called replace head basketball coach given week prepare task team members squad consisted primarily football players lacked incentive fully participate team finished record winning twice named new head coach university football squad replaced team losing season later life experiment coaching went returned insurance business worked banker hospital administrator school teacher kentucky state bank inspector worked treasurer methodist church lifetime member fraternity married years death time death january age jersey retired hanging numbers era oldest living athlete basketball americans born 19th century probably shortest member head coaching record
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