Frank Vernon Ramsey

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Basketball player
Frank Vernon Ramsey
Player information
Full name Frank Vernon Ramsey Jr.
birthday July 13, 1931
place of birth Corydon , Kentucky , United States
date of death July 8, 2018
Place of death Madisonville , Kentucky , United States
size 191 cm
position Forward / Guard
college University of Kentucky
NBA draft 1953 , 5th pick, Boston Celtics
league NBA
Jersey number 23
Clubs as active
1954–1964 Boston CelticsUnited StatesUnited States
Clubs as coaches
1970–1971 Kentucky ColonelsUnited StatesUnited States

Frank Vernon Ramsey (born July 13, 1931 in Corydon , Kentucky - † July 8, 2018 in Madisonville , Kentucky) was an American basketball player and coach. In the positions of forward and guard he was able to win seven championships in nine years with the NBA team of the Boston Celtics . For his services, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1981.

Career

From 1950 to 1954 Ramsey played under the later Hall of Fame coach Adolph Rupp for the basketball team of the University of Kentucky . Kentucky won the NCAA Championship in its first year . Ramsey was elected to the NCAA All-America Third Team. The following year they qualified again for the NCAA Tournament, but lost in the round of the last eight to St. John's University . Ramsey was elected to the NCAA All-America Second Team this time.

For the 1952/53 season, the University of Kentucky was excluded from all college basketball competitions due to a betting scandal. The former players Dale Barnstable, Ralph Beard and Alex Groza had been bribed in 1949 to postpone a game, center Bill Spivey was also suspected, but was acquitted in the end. That year, Ramsey graduated along with teammates Cliff Hagan and Lou Tsioropoulos .

The next year Kentucky was allowed to compete again and managed the perfect season with 25 wins without loss. Before the NCAA tournament, the officials announced that the three star players would not be allowed to take part in the tournament because they had already graduated the previous year. In a vote, a majority of the players voted for participating in the tournament anyway. However, Adolph Rupp vetoed because he saw no point in playing the tournament without the players who played a significant role in qualifying. Kentucky is the only team in college basketball history to end a perfect season without a national title. Ramsey was re-elected to the NCAA All-America Second Team that year. He finished college with 1,344 points and 1,038 rebounds .

Ramsey had already registered for the 1953 NBA draft the year before and was selected in fifth place by the Boston Celtics . In addition to Ramsey, the Celtics selected two other University of Kentucky players, Cliff Hagan and Lou Tsioropoulos.

In his first season, Ramsey quickly became an important part of the team, playing an average of 27.4 minutes. The Celtics qualified with a balanced record for the playoffs, where they failed in the Eastern Division Finals at the eventual champions Syracuse Nationals . This would remain the worst season for Boston until Frank Ramsey's retirement. After his first year in the NBA, Ramsey served as First Lieutenant in the United States Army Military Police from 1955 to 1957 . In early 1957 he returned to the Celtics. Boston was the best team in the regular season. With a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Hawks , the Celtics secured the first championship in the history of the franchise. Ramsey contributed 16 points to the win after double overtime in the seventh game.

Style of play

Ramsey was something like the inventor of the sixth man position . He almost always came off the bench and still played an average of almost 25 minutes in his career. Ramsey was always reliable, especially in critical situations, and he showed his best performance under pressure.

literature

  • Tom Wallace, Cawood Ledford: The University of Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, 2012, ISBN 1613210183 , pp. 60-61, 95

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Explosion: 1951 scandals threaten college hoops on espn.go.com
  2. ↑ NBA Draft 1953
  3. ↑ Frank Vernon Ramsey, University of Kentucky Hall of Distinguished Alumni
personal data
SURNAME Ramsey, Frank Vernon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Corydon , Kentucky , United States
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 2018
Place of death Madisonville , Kentucky , United States