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Mar 3, 2017 · Sports. 100 best Illinois high school basketball players ever. John Lee / Chicago Tribune. 1 of 45. Cook averaged 22 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.4 blocks as a senior, when he was named Mr ...
Number. 25. Benjamin Wilson Jr. (March 18, 1967 – November 21, 1984) was an American high school basketball player from Chicago, Illinois. [1] Wilson, a Neal F. Simeon Vocational High School basketball player, was regarded as the top high school player in the U.S. by scouts and coaches attending the 1984 Athletes For Better Education ...
The first great player in Illinois high school basketball and state tournament history was Lynch Conway, who led Peoria (Central) to a first-place finish in the first-ever state playoffs (1908). Conway, the state's first great African-American athlete, had built a national reputation as a basketball player, crisscrossing the country as a member of the Peoria YMCA Clippers.
Mar 9, 2023 · “The greatest Illinois high school player I ever saw in person was (Chicago King’s) JAMIE BRANDON. It was the city championship game against Westinghouse during the ’89-90 season.
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- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) — Power Memorial Panthers (New York) And then, there was one Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, who would become a prominent figure in basketball history as the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
- Jason Kidd — St. Joseph Notre Dame Pilots (Alameda, Calif.) In a state that’s historically loaded with high school talent—the sheer size and number of schools in California is uncanny—Jason Kidd stands out as one of the best basketball players of all time.
- LeBron James — St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish (Akron, Ohio) LeBron James’ high school dominance arrived at a time when sports television was at a pinnacle.
- Wilt Chamberlain — Overbrook Panthers (Philadelphia) Before Chamberlain was terrorizing defenses in the NBA (and college), he was dominating the Philadelphia-area high school game as the key piece to a dynamic Overlook Panthers team that won two city titles while only losing three games during his tenure.
Jul 15, 2024 · Hebron High School star Phil Judson is shown driving with the ball in the 1952 Illinois High School Association boys basketball tournament. Tiny Hebron High beat much larger schools to win the ...
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In 1924, Porter led the Athens boys basketball team to a second-place finish in the state tournament. He later served as assistant executive secretary of the Illinois High School Athletic Association (from 1929 to 1940) and executive secretary of the National Federation of State High School Associations (from 1940 to 1958).
