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U N PA R A L L E L E D T R A D I T I O N HELMS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Founded in Los Angeles in the mid-1930s by Bill Schroader and Paul Helms, the Helms Foundation researched records to rank the nation’s top teams dating back to 1901. From 1939, when the NCAA Tournament started, the Helms and NCAA champions were the same, except for 1939-40-44- 54. In addition to its NCAA Championship years of 1948, ’49, ’51, ’58, ’78, ’96 and ’98, Kentucky was named the Helms National Champion in 1933 (20-3) and 1954 (25-0). Kentucky players Forest Sale (1933) and Leroy Edwards (1935) were named Helms National Players of the Year. H E L M S N AT I O N A L P L AY E R O F T H E Y E A R 1933 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Front Row: Biggerstaff, Settle, Gates, Nugent, Tucker, Jackson, Lawrence. Middle Row: Coach Rupp, Boles, Kercheval, Davis, Johnson, Darby, Mann, Asst. Coach Miller. Back Row: Blair, Davis, Morris, Sale, DeMoisey, Yates, Kreuter, Maxson. 1954 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Forest Sale, 1933 Leroy Edwards, 1935 Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Linville Puckett, Jess Curry, Gayle Rose, Clay Evans, Willie Rouse, Dan Chandler, Pete Grigsby, Assistant Coach Harry Lancaster. Back Row: Student Manager Mike Dolan, Hugh Coy, Cliff Hagan, Lou Tsioropoulos, Jerry Bird, Phil Grawemeyer, Harold Hurst, Bill Bibb, Frank Ramsey, Bill Evans. 170 K E N T U C K Y B A S K E T B A L L

U N PA R A L L E L E D T R A D I T I O N AP, UPI & NIT CHAMPIONS 1951-52 AP & UPI CHAMPIONS Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Gayle Rose, Bill Evans, Bobby Watson, Lucian Whitaker, Willie Rouse, Manager Bobby Moore. Back Row: Gene Neff, Cliff Hagan, Shelby Linville, Ronald Clark, Lou Tsioropoulos, Frank Ramsey, James Flynn. 1965-66 AP & UPI CHAMPIONS Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Gene Stewart, Pat Riley, Louie Dampier, Bob Tallent, Steve Clevenger, Jim LeMaster, Assistant Coach Harry Lancaster. Back Row: Tommy Porter, Gary Gamble, Tommy Kron, Cliff Berger, Larry Lentz, Brad Bounds, Thad Jaracz, Larry Conley, Student Manager Mike Harreld. 1969-70 AP & UPI CHAMPIONS Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Dan Issel, Tom Parker, Bob McCowan, Larry Steele, Mike Pratt, Randy Noll, Assistant Coach Joe B. Hall. Back Row: Assistant Coach Dick Parsons, Trainer Claude Vaughan, Kent Hollenbeck, Jim Dinwiddie, Clint Wheeler, Art Laib, Randy Pool, Mark Soderberg, Stan Key, Terry Mills, Bill Busey, Assistant Coach T. L. Plain, Manager Doug Billips. K E N T U C K Y B A S K E T B A L L 171

U N PA R A L L E L E D T R A D I T I O N<br />

AP, UPI & NIT<br />

CHAMPIONS<br />

1951-52 AP & UPI CHAMPIONS<br />

Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Gayle Rose, Bill Evans, Bobby<br />

Watson, Lucian Whitaker, Willie Rouse, Manager Bobby Moore.<br />

Back Row: Gene Neff, Cliff Hagan, Shelby L<strong>in</strong>ville, Ronald Clark,<br />

Lou Tsioropoulos, Frank Ramsey, James Flynn.<br />

1965-66 AP & UPI CHAMPIONS<br />

Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Gene Stewart, Pat Riley,<br />

Louie Dampier, Bob Tallent, Steve Clevenger, Jim LeMaster,<br />

Assistant Coach Harry Lancaster. Back Row: Tommy Porter,<br />

Gary Gamble, Tommy Kron, Cliff Berger, Larry Lentz, Brad<br />

Bounds, Thad Jaracz, Larry Conley, Student Manager Mike<br />

Harreld.<br />

1969-70 AP & UPI CHAMPIONS<br />

Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Dan Issel, Tom Parker, Bob<br />

McCowan, Larry Steele, Mike Pratt, Randy Noll, Assistant Coach<br />

Joe B. Hall. Back Row: Assistant Coach Dick Parsons, Tra<strong>in</strong>er<br />

Claude Vaughan, Kent Hollenbeck, Jim D<strong>in</strong>widdie, Cl<strong>in</strong>t Wheeler,<br />

Art Laib, Randy Pool, Mark Soderberg, Stan Key, Terry Mills, Bill<br />

Busey, Assistant Coach T. L. Pla<strong>in</strong>, Manager Doug Billips.<br />

K E N T U C K Y<br />

B A S K E T B A L L<br />

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