Hubie's last call is the Bucks game this Sunday. I still remember him as coach of the 1975 ABA Champion Kentucky Colonels.
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Hubie Brown's Kentucky Colonels
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Big fan of Hubie Brown and loved the Kentucky Colonels. It was fun to go to the games at Freedom Hall with my Dad and Uncle to see Kentucky play. Played at the Louisville Gardens in their early years.
Issel, Dampier, Artis "A Train" Gilmore, and Hodgenville native Bird Averitt were on the Colonels. Indiana Pacers still going strong, Colonels long forgotten. The Colonels drew 17,000 for that championship game. The ABA invented the 3-point shot, and I still think the red, white and blue ball should have been adopted as well. This is the 50-year anniversary of the Colonels Championship and the UK Runner-Up team.
Ellie Brown passed away back in December.
Ellie Brown-Moore, former owner of Kentucky Colonels basketball team, dies at 84
The former chair of the Kentucky Colonels' board also donated millions to Louisville institutions, including the Actors Theatre and the YMCA.
www.courier-journal.com
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