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Sources Interviews: Acker, Isreal (Izzy). Former Chicago Marshall basketball player. Now retired and living in Chicago. Interviewed via telephone on October 31, 2002. Aden, Joe. Former Dongola basketball player. Now mayor of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois. Interviewed at his home in East Cape Girardeau on August 22, 2002. Adkins,Jim. Former Benton basketball player.Currently safety director for the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, city schools. Interviewed via telephone on August 2, 2002. Aguirre,Mark.Former Chicago Westinghouse basketball player,former NBA player,formerly assistant coach with the Indiana Pacers, current assistant coach with the New York Knicks. Interviewed via telephone on November 15, 2002. Allen, Sterling (Dunnie). Bunker Hill basketball fan since the late 1950s. Interviewed via telephone on October 7, 2002. Anderson, Bob. Former Thornton (Harvey) Township basketball coach. Now retired and living in Michigan. Interviewed via telephone on April 11, 2002. Ator,Wayne. A graduate of Pittsfield in 1934, a long-time Pittsfield basketball fan and radio sports broadcaster (known as the“Voice of the Saukees”). Interviewed at Pittsfield High School on September 4, 2002. Avant,Al. Former Mount Vernon basketball player. Athletic director at Chicago State University since 1988.He lives in Chicago. Interviewed via telephone on October 22,2002. Bailey, David. Former Chicago Westinghouse basketball player. Recently graduated from Loyola University in Chicago. Interviewed via telephone on November 13, 2002. Baker, Jeff. Former Maine South (Park Ridge) basketball player. Now an executive with Terminix, a termite and pest control company, in Toledo, Ohio. Interviewed via telephone on April 23, 2002. Baker, Harold“Curly.”Former Decatur basketball player. Now retired and living in Decatur. Interviewed at the Holiday Inn in Decatur on August 28, 2002. Baker, Tony. Former Pittsfield basketball player. Currently employed as information technology support for Archer Daniels Midland and living in Decatur.He also owns his own online web company that advertises homes for sale. Interviewed at the Holiday Inn in Decatur on August 27, 2002. Banks, Renault (Ray). Former Thornton (Harvey) Township basketball player. Formerly employed by United Airlines. Now retired and living in Corona,California. Interviewed via telephone on June 2, 2002. 212 / Sources Bankston,Tim.Former Chicago Simeon basketball player.Currently head basketball coach at Thornton Fractional North High School in Calumet City. Interviewed via telephone on November 2, 2002. Barnes, Ken. Former Decatur basketball player. Now a teacher at Rockford Auburn High School. Head basketball coach at Auburn from 1977 to 1982. In 2002, he was the school’s head football coach. Interviewed via telephone on June 5, 2002. Battle, Kenny. Former West Aurora basketball player. A member of the NBA Retired Players Association, now living in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is studying to obtain a master’s degree in sports business at the University of Illinois. He wants to be a sports agent. Interviewed via telephone on April 30, 2002. Batts,Boyd.Former Thornridge (Dolton) basketball player. Currently employed by the U.S. Postal Service in Madison,Wisconsin. Interviewed via telephone on March 1, 2002. Batts, Lloyd. Former Thornton (Harvey) Township basketball player. Currently head basketball coach at South Shore High School in Chicago. Interviewed via telephone on November 8, 2002. Beach, Ted. Former Champaign basketball player. Now retired and living in Champaign. Interviewed at his home in Champaign on September 23, 2002. Becker, Dick. Former Elgin basketball player. Now retired after working for Chicago Rawhide , an oil seal manufacturing company in Elgin, for forty-two years. He lives in Elgin. Interviewed via telephone on November 1, 2002. Bedford,Luther.Former Chicago Marshall basketball coach.Retired from coaching in 1999. Now the school’s athletic director. He lives in Bellwood. Interviewed via telephone on May 28, 2002. Bell, Bobby. Former Bloom basketball player. Retired from teaching in 1994 after thirtytwo years. He lives in Chicago Heights. Interviewed via telephone on June 5, 2002. Bemoras, Irv. Former Chicago Marshall basketball player. Currently a general broker for Mass Mutual insurance company. He lives in Chicago. Interviewed via telephone on June 6, 2002. Bennett,Dave.Former Pittsfield basketball coach.Retired from coaching basketball in 1999 but continues to teach and coach golf at Pittsfield.Interviewed at his home in Pittsfield on September 4, 2002. Berkow, Ira. A Sullivan graduate of 1957. Currently a sports columnist and senior writer for the New York Times. Interviewed via telephone on April 22, 2002. Bethel,Terry. Former Collinsville basketball player. Now retired and living in Greer, South Carolina. Interviewed via telephone on August 16, 2002. Bohnenstiehl, Rodger. Former Collinsville basketball player. Former basketball coach at Kankakee, Rich East, Bradley...

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