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Woodson & Painter Indiana H.S. All-Stars and Members of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
Branch McCracken and John Wooden are both members of the Hall of Fame, but All-Star were not selected until around 1940. The two did coach against each other like Painter and Woodson. Wooden’s Purdue squad was 2-0 against McCracken and Ball State in 1929; the only time they met.
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1949 State Champs Jasper Wildcats
Jasper, the 1949 state champion, displays the trophy atop the cage of its “Wildcat” mascot. The Wildcats beat Madison 62-61. Front row, from left to right: student manager John Bohnert, Bill Byrd, Sam Allen, John Berg, Paul Rumbach, Ed Stenftenagel and Tom Schutz. Back row, from left: coach Leo “Cabby” O’Neill, assistant coach Nip Wuchner,…
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Coach Joe Hart RIP
Joe was a successful teacher, coach, and sign painter for several years. Joe left Union-Dugger as the winningest basketball coach in Sullivan County history, earning numerous awards along the way. He was an assistant coach with his son at Linton-Stockton during the winningest decade in Greene County basketball history.
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Gimbel & Trester Award Winners through 2005
Arthur L. Trester Award for Mental AttitudeAt the state finals, members of the IHSAA Executive Committee present the Trester Award to the outstanding senior participant in eachclassification of the boys’ basketball state finals. The recipients of this award, who were nominated by their principals and coaches, must excel inmental attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability…
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1973 Indiana All-Stars
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Vincennes Rivet Old Floor!
Here is where you get the phrase “shot from the top of the key”.
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Indiana 1978 All-Stars