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RIP Stan Albeck

For the entirety of my childhood, my dad had a signed BU ticket stub tucked into the frame of his bedroom mirror, and right next to it was a red campaign style button that read “Stan’s the Man!”

I believe it was from an event the night they introduced him as our new coach.
 
RIP Stan, he did wonders for Hersey
Hawkins career and made Bradley basketball popular with his pro offense.
 
Stan was one of the nicest people I ever met. RIP.
He took the Bradley job in 1986 after Dick Versace was let go, mainly because he had just been fired by the Chicago Bulls and was out of work at the time. He liked being at Bradley, but he always wanted to be back in the NBA. But it worked out fairly well for Bradley, because Hersey Hawkins and several other players were already making arrangements to leave and transfer to other schools. Stan's pro experience, and his plan to utilize a NBA-style offense appealed to Hersey and the others, and none of the players ended up leaving. For that, all Bradley fans should thank Stan. Imagine what it would have been like if one of the greatest Bradley players of all time had become an All-American and superstar for some other school, while Bradley spent the rest of the 1980's rebuilding.
 
Stan was the man. Coming in after Versace wouldn't have been easy for anyone, but his teams were great and you can see a bunch of them up on the Youtube channel, just as a reminder!
 
He was a good hire /Bradley at the time coming off the great run (coach headed to NBA)we were primed to continue elite program /I’m old guy Joe Stowell early 70’s Robertson Memorial /raised floor great memories season tickets mid floor just left of student section they rocked back then as little guy never jumped higher when Bradley went on a time out run-love you guys for keeping Bradley basketball alive
 
braves16 said:
https://www.pantagraph.com/sports/c...cle_e7ca377e-81b5-5035-bcd3-3a23a743d72a.html
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Thanks for posting. A terrific article by Randy Kindred. And a great picture of Stan and his #70 at Chenoa HS

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