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    10/27/1956 at Robertson Field House -'56 US Olympic Basketball team vs Peoria Caterpillar 'Cats'

    I recently found my old program to this game....played 64 years ago in Peoria The US Olympic Basketball team took on the AAU Peoria Caterpillar Cats at Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse on 10/27/1956 The Olympians were playing the AAU 'Cats' as a warmup in preparation for the '56 'Summer' Olympic...
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    The college basketball star that picked Cat & living in Peoria over the NBA

    Bertran H (BH) Born was a 6'9 center for Kansas U In 1952, Born played on the National Championship Kansas team In 1953, Kansas went back to the NCAA finals -with Born as Kansas' star player. The Jayhawks lost the championship to Indiana when they missed a last second potential game winning...
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    49 yrs ago-yesterday...Bradley Frosh 105 Notre Dame Frosh 79

    1/27/1971....the Bradley Frosh beat the Notre Dame Frosh at the Fieldhouse to finish 15-0....the ND Frosh were pretty good, with future All American John Shumate & had beaten the Illinois Frosh at Champaign earlier in the week..also on the Irish Frosh were LaSalle-Peru All Stater Gary Novak and...
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    Basketball All Time Illinois All State 1933-1980

    http://basketballmuseumofillinois.co...ll-state-teams Linked above is a list of each year's Illinois HS All State team(s) Here are the Bradley Basketball players on the list....add any that I missed *1938 Chris Hansen Dundee *1943 Dave humerickhouse Paris *1946 Bud Grover Dundee JR *1947...
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    Forddy Anderson-1st coach to take 2 different teams to the NCAA Final 4 =Bradley/Mich St.

    Anderson coached Bradley to the NCAA championship twice = 1950 & 1954...he left Bradley for Michigan St & led the Spartans to the Final 4 in 1957...the first college basketball coach ever to lead two different colleges to the final 4. I am wondering if the CBS people will discover the tie in...
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    U of Illinois slush fund scandal & Steve Kuberski circa 1966-67

    found this old article interesting-for those old enough to remember the times.....much more information that I ever knew about the events....the Steve Kuberski stuff is the reason I posted this on this site... https://ussporthistory.com/2014/10/2...al-of-1966-67/ This is a very detailed...
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    59 yrs ago today-A mighty roar in Peoria

    linked below is an article from Sports Illustrated entitled "A Mighty Roar in Peoria" The Braves beat undefeated #1 ranked Cincinnati with Oscar Robertson. sometimes it is good to remember & embrace Bradley basketball's past https://www.si.com/vault/1960/01/25/...roar-in-peoria
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    All time list of Illinois HS All State football

    found this old list of yearly All Time Illinois HS All State football teams beginning in 1936 from the Champaign News Gazettee http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/football/2009-11-24/n-g-all-state-football-players.html Posting here because I noticed a few old Bradley football AND...
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    a long ago recruit who left after only a few days at BU

    Bile leaving after only a few days reminds me of a much earlier BU BB recruit who left after only a few days on campus: 1958 BU BB recruiting class Chico Vaughn.....who before the days of a Letter of Intent, bolted Bradley for Dayton, only to then leave there too & end up at Southern Illinois...
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    Old stuff-Bradley vs Notre Dame in Chicago Stadium

    I read the other day that an old Notre Dame basketball star named Larry Sheffield had died. That brought back some old memories. I saw Sheffield play 3 times for ND against Bradley in Chicago Stadium in the early 60s. Actually I saw 4 straight BU-ND games in Chicago(but Sheffield only played in...
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    Triva: 1st ever Peorian to be selected in NFL draft

    Trivia The first ever NFL draft was held in 1936 Selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th rd (57th player taken) of that draft was End Marty Peters- a Peoria native who had been a HS star at Peoria Spalding Institute. Peters was a starting end on the University Notre Dame football team...
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    Happy 90th birthday Yogi- a few favorite Berra stories

    story 1 Yogi, who lived in NJ, use to stop by a pizza joint just across the GW Bridge after every Yankee night game and pick up a '16 inch pizza. On one such night, Yogi ordered his regular pizza but instructed the owner to cut the pizza in 4 slices instead of the usual 8.....because said...
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    ESPN's top 25 transfers- Josh Cunningham #15

    http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/jeff-goodman/post/_/id/4899/top-10-transfers-and-complete-transfer-list Purdue, Arizona,S Carolina, DePaul, Michigan St and Notre Dame among those listed for Josh
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    An apology to poster 'LongTimeFan'-re Tim Robinson Parade AA

    Poster LongTimeFan has twice corrected me and posted that Tim 'the Rim' Robinson was a HS Parade AA. He was correcting my claim that Willie Betts and LC Bowen were the only 2 Bradley players who had been Parade High School All Americans As it turns out, Tim Robinson's real first name was...
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    55 years ago today-Chet Walker and the OJ mystery

    3/17/1960-55 years ago today http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1960/03/18/page/51/article/bradley-gets-drug-scare-wins-82-71 Walker felt ill after drinking the mysterious OJ given to him by the hotel 'bellhop'. As a result, Chet was only able to play 23 minutes that evening vs St...
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    65 years ago today-Bradley beats St Johns in the NIT semis

    3/16/1950 Bradley beat St John's in a NIT semi-final game in front of 18,000+ at Madison Square Garden 83-72 A disappointed crowd was hoping for an all New York City final between St John's and CCNY...but the Braves were too much for the local team. At the beginning of the tourney the owners...
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    Northwestern has never been to the NCAA tourney

    If I knew that, I guess I forgot The Citadel, Army, St Francis(NY) and William & Mary are the other Division 1 schools never to appear(EDIT-should have said among the original Division 1 "Charter" schools...thanks to tornado for the correction below)....and St Francis has a chance to get in...
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    Did BU ever really have a played named Robert McGuire?

    Chet Walker wrote about a Bradley BB player named Robert McGuire in his autobiography 'Long Time Coming' from the book: " When I (Chet) was a junior at Bradley, we had a guy come in from Washington DC, with a real rep preceding him. At 6'4, he was a forward who had been all city, and Osborn...
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    RIP Minnie Minoso White Sox great

    Minnie Minoso led the AL in 'hit by pitch' every year but one from his rookie season through 1961...when he was traded to the Cardinals Minoso had a reputation for 'crowding the plate' It was said that Minoso stood so close in the batters box that his head actually stuck out over the plate I...
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    2/27/1971 Bradley Frosh 105 Notre Dame Frosh 79

    44 years ago today The undefeated Bradley Papooses(14-0) played their final game of the season vs the Notre Dame frosh team at Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse The game started (as all Frosh games did) at 5:45 pm, prior to the nightcap contest- the BU varsity game vs Chicago St(the final home...
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