100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament
During the 2007 annual Illinois High School Association's boys basketball tournament, the "100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament" was announced. This announcement was made during the centennial celebration of America’s Original March Madness.
Beginning in November 2006, fans selected the first 82 Legends in an online election that ran through March 2007. The remaining 18 legends were selected by a special committee.[1]
100 Legends
- Joe Allen, Chicago (Carver) High School
- Jeff Baker, Park Ridge (Maine South) High School
- Kenny Battle, Aurora (West) High School
- Boyd Batts, Dolton (Thornridge) High School
- Ted Beach, Champaign High School
- Dusty Bensko, Pleasant Plains High School
- Brad Bickett, Ohio High School (player), Manlius (Bureau Valley) High School (coach)
- Don Blanken, Dundee High School
- Lou Boudreau, Harvey (Thornton) High School
- Jamie Brandon, Chicago (King) High School
- Jim Brewer, Maywood (Proviso East) High School
- Bruce Brothers, Quincy Senior High School
- Charlie Brown, Chicago (DuSable) High School
- Quinn Buckner, Dolton (Thornridge) High School
- Chuck Buescher, Peoria High School
- Jack Burmaster, Elgin High School (player), Evanston Township High School (coach)
- Ed Butkovich, Canton High School (player), Mt. Pulaski High School (coach)
- Ted Caiazza, LaGrange (Lyons) High School
- Andy Calmes, Warrensburg-Latham High School
- Cliff Cameron, Pleasant Plains High School
- Francis Clements, Ottawa (Twp.) High School
- Jeff Clements, Mt. Pulaski High School
- Harry Combes, Champaign High School
- Lynch Conway, Peoria High School
- Dick Corn, Benton High School (player), Pinckneyville High School (coach)
- Landon “Sonny” Cox, Chicago (King) High School
- Bruce Douglas, Quincy Senior High School
- Walter Downing, New Lenox (Providence Catholic) High School
- Mike Duff, Eldorado High School
- Dwight “Dike” Eddleman, Centralia High School
- LaPhonso Ellis, East St. Louis (Lincoln) High School
- Melvin Ely, Harvey (Thornton) High School
- Ernie Eveland, Waterman High School, Paris High School
- Ron Felling, Lawrenceville High School
- Michael Finley, Maywood (Proviso East) High School
- Vergil Fletcher, Collinsville High School
- Jim Flynn, IHSA
- Larry Graham, Madison High School
- Bob Grant, Pekin High School
- Lowell Hamilton, Chicago (Providence-St. Mel) High School
- Dawson “Dawdy” Hawkins, Peoria High School, Pekin High School
- Bill Heisler, Warsaw High School
- Max Hooper, Mt. Vernon High School
- Walt Hoult, Chrisman High School
- Cal Hubbard, Normal (University) High School
- Shawn Jeppson, Spring Valley (Hall) High School
- Dave Johnson, Oneida (ROVA) High School
- Paul Judson, Hebron High School
- Phil Judson, Hebron High School
- Gordon Kerkman, Aurora (West) High School
- Gay Kintner, Decatur High School
- Tom Kleinschmidt, Chicago (Gordon Tech) High School
- Jerry Kuemmerle, Danville (Schlarman) High School
- C.J. Kupec, Oak Lawn Community High School
- Jerry Leggett, Olympia Fields (Rich Central) High School, Quincy Senior High School
- Bennie Lewis, East St. Louis (Lincoln) High School, East St. Louis (Sr.) High School
- Marcus Liberty, Chicago (King) High School
- Richard Liitt, Rock Island High School
- Jack Lipe, Decatur High School (player), Harvey (Thornton) High School (coach)
- Shaun Livingston, Peoria High School
- Paxton Lumpkin, Chicago (DuSable) High School
- Cuonzo Martin, East St. Louis (Lincoln) High School
- Sergio McClain, Peoria (Manual) High School
- Wayne McClain, Peoria (Manual) High School
- John McDougal, Salem High School (player), Aurora (West) High School, Rockford (Lutheran) High School (coach)
- Tom Michael, Carlyle High School
- Fred Miller, Pekin High School
- Doug Mills, Elgin High School (player), Joliet (Twp.) High School (coach)
- Dale Minick, Decatur High School
- Johnny Orr, Taylorville High School
- Mark Pancratz, Schaumburg High School
- Mark Peterman, Canton High School, Springfield High School
- Andy Phillip, Granite City High School
- Gene Pingatore, Westchester (St. Joseph) High School
- Roger Powell, Joliet (Central) High School
- Bogie Redmon, Collinsville High School
- Quentin Richardson, Chicago (Young) High School
- Dave Robisch, Springfield High School
- Chuck Rolinski, Toluca High School
- Cazzie Russell, Chicago (Carver) High School
- Herb Scheffler, Springfield High School
- Jon Scheyer, Northbrook (Glenbrook North) High School
- Bill Schulz, Hebron High School
- Jay Shidler, Lawrenceville High School
- Jack Sikma, St. Anne High School
- Marty Simmons, Lawrenceville High School
- Dolph Stanley, Equality High School, Mt. Pulaski High School, Taylorville High School, Rockford (Auburn) High School, Rockford (Boylan) High School
- Lyndon Swanson, Watseka High School
- John Thiel, Galesburg High School
- Isiah Thomas, Westchester (St. Joseph) High School
- Merrill “Duster” Thomas, Pinckneyville High School
- Gary Tidwell, Pana High School, Fairbury (Prairie Central) High School
- Arthur Trout, Centralia High School
- Dick Van Scyoc, Washington Community High School, Peoria (Manual) High School
- Bob Van Vooren, Moline High School
- Brian Vance, Rock Falls High School
- John Wessels, Rockford (West) High School
- Frank Williams, Peoria (Manual) High School
- George Wilson, Chicago (Marshall) High School
- Bob Zerrusen, Teutopolis High School
References
- ^ IHSA - Legends of Boys Basketball