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First Marion High School player to score
over 1000 pts ... set all-time NCC scoring record ...
first player to average over 20 ppg ... held all Marion
scoring records, 30 pts in a game, 490 in a season and
1015 in career ... played 78 consecutive games on
varsity that went to Final 4 in 1950 and Sweet 16 in
1951 and 1952 ... Coach, Woody Weir ... played 3 yrs on
IU varsity, 1 year as starter and member of 1954 Big Ten
Champs ... Coach, Branch McCracken ... Coaching - began
as an assistant at Van Buren 1957-59 ... 1959-62 Urbana,
1961 team won only Wabash County Championship in school
history ... 1962-65 Montpelier 1965 team had an 21-3,
best in school's history and lost to Marion in the
Regional ... 1965-78 Scottsburg, 1969 team was
undefeated setting an all-time state team scoring record
of 90 ppg; 3 Conference, 6 Holiday, 3 Sectionals, 2
Regionals ... overall 275-148, sent over 50 players to
college, never coached a player over 6'4", pioneer in
weight training; used full-court zone every game for 32
minutes ... Assistant Coach Scottsburg 1991-1997. |