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UK Basketball seniors, 1949
Posted on July 28, 2014 | in Uncategorized | by Lexington Herald-Leader
Four senior members of the University of Kentucky championship basketball team and the student manager, Humzey Yessin, before their final appearance in Alumni Gymnasium on Feb. 26, 1949. From left, Alex Groza, Cliff Barker, Yessin, Ralph Beard and Wallace “Wah Wah” Jones. UK defeated Vanderbilt, 70-37. Jones died Sunday at age 88.
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