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John Jameson 1939-2024
John Jameson dreamed of coaching high school basketball in Indiana. His first job was in Tell City with stops at North Daviess, Mt. Vernon, (where his 1978 team won the Princeton sectional), then on to Jennings County where he stopped coaching in 1981. He continued teaching and retired in 2000 from Jennings County Schools. I…
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Switz City Gym Dedication Game 1955; Epsom Salts fall to the Marco Bears and Marco
December 12, 1955 was a big night in Switz City, Indiana. Their new $185,000 gymnasium, designed by Ralph Legeman was packed with 1800 fans and hometeam defeats Linton. The Epsom Salts, yes that is their nickname, lose to Maro. Mentioned in the article you will see the name Bratton. He scored 15 points. I thought…
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Switz City Gym and Ralph Legeman
Ralph Legeman designed or licensed bowls in the following cities. How many have you been in. Personal Note: For some reason I never knew about Ralph Legeman. Briefly, he was born in Evansville and graduated from Evansville Central High. He started his architect career in 1922. He died in 1974. His idea of building down…
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https://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/ralph-legeman-a-forgotten-man-but-not-his-basketball-gyms
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Photo was titled abandoned gym. Seymour Indiana. Is it still standing?
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Ernest Blood: Basketball’s First Wizard
A few comments from the poster before you read the article! According to Scott Ellsworth, author of the Secret Game, Coach Blood called himself Professor Blood despite the fact he never attended college. He coached one year at West Point. Besides the 159 game winning streak at Passaic High, Blood also brought his 400 pound…
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NBA & ABA Players Who Attended High School in Indiana
195 Players listed. Hit the link and enjoy. https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/high_schools.fcgi?country=US&state=IN Career Shooting Per Game Rk HS City HS Name Yrs From To G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST 1 Tom Abernethy South…
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BASKETBALL
History of our Hysteria: How Indiana fell in love with basketball Hoosiers and hoops: A match made in Crawfordsville 120 years ago. Zak Keefer zak.keefer@indystar.com CRAWFORDSVILLE — Your pursuit has pulled you here, of all places, a most ordinary sight upon first glance. You gaze around at the 100 block of West Main Street in windy,…
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A Super Book, One of the best I have ever read.
An amazing book that I would highly recommend. It gives you so much history on the game and insight to so many things that brought the game to what it is today. Here are Mike Krzyzewski’s comments on the book: “The true story behind this extraordinary, long buried game goes beyond any one school or…