Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inductee

ROBERT A. "ART" GROVE
Floor General for 2 State Championship Teams

HIGH SCHOOL:
Washington High School (1942)

COLLEGE:
DePauw University

Played for Idaho Simplots and Louisville Colonels of the American Basketball League...A 3-year starter for Hall of Famer Marion Crawley at Washington High School ... ball-handling guard of the 1941 and '42 state champions ... twice all-conference ... All-State as a senior ... in '40, as a sophomore, his team had advanced to the semistate championship, but he was sidelined by an appendicitis attack ... the Hatchets lost by one point to Mitchell, eventual state runner-up ... in 3 years he never played in a losing IHSAA tournament game ... played on Toledo University's varsity as a freshman…that team finished second in the NIT…all conference…played professionally for the Idaho Simplots and Louisville Colonels of the American Basketball League.