After reading all of the Silver Streak box scores I am baffled at how Dick Nichols was named to the All Tournament team. I am sure he was a fine player but Dave Cox and "Bumpy" Nixon had much better tournament stats than Dick Nichols. Just find it strange.
I have had some others mention that. Sometimes “all-star” teams can have unusual results. Bottom line, ‘59 Streaks were one of the all-time best Galesburg teams!!
My reply is interesting only to 70s Knox people. Rantoul was coached by Bob Kidd, my dad. In the quarter finals our 2 forwards had 101 fevers ( didn’t tell anyone) and our all state guard was 4-20. We always thought we should have played Galesburg in the semis
Thanks for sharing about your dad’s team. Kjeld had messaged me about that. The ‘59 Streaks team may be the team that Galesburg that most felt should have won a State title. Galesburg vs Herrin in Elite 8 was 1 vs 2- they won that and then lost in semis. Galesburg with Bumpy Nixon was #1 in the State all but one week of the season.
After reading all of the Silver Streak box scores I am baffled at how Dick Nichols was named to the All Tournament team. I am sure he was a fine player but Dave Cox and "Bumpy" Nixon had much better tournament stats than Dick Nichols. Just find it strange.
ReplyDeleteI have had some others mention that. Sometimes “all-star” teams can have unusual results. Bottom line, ‘59 Streaks were one of the all-time best Galesburg teams!!
DeleteMy reply is interesting only to 70s Knox people. Rantoul was coached by Bob Kidd, my dad. In the quarter finals our 2 forwards had 101 fevers ( didn’t tell anyone) and our all state guard was 4-20. We always thought we should have played Galesburg in the semis
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing about your dad’s team. Kjeld had messaged me about that. The ‘59 Streaks team may be the team that Galesburg that most felt should have won a State title. Galesburg vs Herrin in Elite 8 was 1 vs 2- they won that and then lost in semis. Galesburg with Bumpy Nixon was #1 in the State all but one week of the season.
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