Tag: Purdue
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Dischinger Olympic Star
Purdue star Terry Dischinger ‘incredibly underrated among our state’s all-time greats.’ Chloe Peterson Indianapolis Star Purdue men’s basketball legend Terry Dischinger still stands as the only Boilermaker alum to win NBA Rookie of the Year. But what’s even more impressive is how he did it. Dischinger only played 57 games of the 80-game season in his…
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A $3.00 Ticket in 1977
Sure it was worth $3.00
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In Indiana it’s more than a game….
Today I went to a funeral of a friend. I met Jim Wolford in this park, onthis court, almost 51 years ago. He was married, a recent graduate of Purdue, working at the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center, and was 25 years old. I was fourteen and it was 1973. The eleven year age difference…
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Pete, Rick, & Rich Mount all star for Lebanon High
Rich takes an 8th grade “redshirt”. Rule changed the next year.
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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.