Pre-World War 2 BU Basketball Player dies

[jasonpeoria911]

Henry Lewis, Bradley Basketball Player and member of Roodhouse High School Famous Five team... http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pjs...&pid=158212271

Jason

[Da Coach]

Henry Lewis, Bradley Basketball Player and member of Roodhouse High School Famous Five team... http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pjs...&pid=158212271

Jason

I had never heard of the Roodhouse Famous Five. In fact, I had to look up where Roodhouse, Illinois was (about 15 miles south of Jacksonville).
Does anyone know anything about them and their Famous Five basketball team?

To clarify, Henry Lewis was not one of Bradley's "Famous Five", though he was a big Bradley fan.-

http://www.gpshof.org/Inductees/bradley5.html

Also, the obituary says "After graduation, he attended Bradley University, where he played basketball."
Lewis is not listed on the Bradley All-Time roster, so it may be that he played freshman basketball at Bradley but not varsity. The BU All Time roster only lists varsity players. His age (born Jan. 5, 1922) would suggest he would have enrolled at Bradley approximately 1940, and likely the start of WW2 would have cut short his stay at Bradley.
The Bradley Famous Five played together (1936-37, 1937-38, and 1938-39).