bradleyfan124
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To hell with their renovations. They need to find a place for these items. This is history you can ever get back again. They need to care more about Peoria than that
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Players from the past
- Thread starter daveineureka
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And…L.C. Bowen, Willie Betts, Alex McNutt, and Steve Kuberski.
Of course. I simply posted those that came to mind. Those who think I'm a youngster can remember Chet Walker, Joe Billy McDade, Bobby Joe Mason, and many others.
Then there's Roger Phegley and Hersey Hawkins that can be added to this list.
There's a small museum on the left as you enter the Renaissance Coliseum on Bradley's campus-
Bradley should buy up as much of the Bradley basketball related HOF plaques as possible
and display them there.....
I checked the list - plaques of Joe Stowell, AJ Robertson, Forddy, Buescher, The Famous Five, the 1950, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1982,
and 1986 Bradley Basketball Teams, and of course Joe Allen, Hersey, Jim Les, JJ, Barney Cable, Bob Carney, Bobby Joe Mason, Bobby
Humbles, Squeaky, AP, Phegley, Chris Reynolds, Al Smith, Curtis Stuckey, Tart, Unruh, Chet the Jet & more....
I have no idea how many are available- I called and bought two of the Richwoods' State Champs that I have a personal connection to.
Bradley should buy up as much of the Bradley basketball related HOF plaques as possible
and display them there.....
I checked the list - plaques of Joe Stowell, AJ Robertson, Forddy, Buescher, The Famous Five, the 1950, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1982,
and 1986 Bradley Basketball Teams, and of course Joe Allen, Hersey, Jim Les, JJ, Barney Cable, Bob Carney, Bobby Joe Mason, Bobby
Humbles, Squeaky, AP, Phegley, Chris Reynolds, Al Smith, Curtis Stuckey, Tart, Unruh, Chet the Jet & more....
I have no idea how many are available- I called and bought two of the Richwoods' State Champs that I have a personal connection to.
Dub
Well-known member
I've always been fascinated by the fact there seem to be two types of people when it comes to history and it's related physical relics.... those who value it deeply and those who don't. It reminds me of a time when I went back to my high school looking for the trophy case that had all the trophies from my era (mid 90's). They had all been disposed of in the trash 20+ years prior, and they were getting ready to do the same with the trophies of the generation that followed mine. We are all just passing through....
Much of it is in that small museum area in Ren-Col but not all
My friend, whose brother was a past Bradley HOF athlete, and who had one of those huge photos hanging in the Fieldhouse foyer, has been trying for years to find out what happened to those photos. He has tried calling everyone, including Corky Robertson (when he was still alive) and nobody seems to know where those photos went. If anyone has any clues, let me know.
In his reply to my post, immediately above yours (the one I'm replying to), yoda said some of the photos are in a museum in the Ren Col.
Here is a mention of the museum on the Renaissance Coliseum web page - LINK
and a couple photos showing the museum and some of the items that used to be in the Fieldhouse foyer
(click on each photo to expand)
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Yes, I am aware of the A.J. Robertson picture (I think it's a painting, not a photo) in the Ren-Col museum (officially named the Burklund Family Heritage Hall). But I'm not aware that most of the huge photos of the great Bradley athletes that hung in the Fieldhouse foyer are there.