280:. He was one of four brothers, all of whom played sports at Corbin and later in college. In football, he led his team to the state championship as a junior and was selected All-State as a junior and senior. He also set the state scoring record his junior year and the national scoring record his senior year, the latter in which he scored 264 points. In basketball, he averaged 32 points per game as a senior. The school later retired his No. 66 football jersey.
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Kentucky made against Tennessee. He played in three all-star games following his senior season and was the most valuable player of the All-American All-Star Game. In 1997 his No. 21 jersey was retired by Kentucky. In 2005, he was elected as a
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Kentucky to Okeh Jean in 1960, and they remained together until his death 53 years later on June 19, 2013.
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1186:Categories
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