Honored Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players

Forty-two former Kentucky men's basketball players, coaches, and contributors are honored in Rupp Arena with banners representing their numbers hung from the rafters. With the streamlining of jersey numbers by the NCAA, the jerseys are retired but the numbers remain active. To have a banner hung, the athlete must be elected to the UK Athletics Hall of Fame.^[1]

Honored players

No.	Name	Years	Note
22	Cliff Barker	1947–49	1948 NCAA Champion, 1949 NCAA Champion, One of the Fabulous Five
12	Ralph Beard	1946–49	1948 NCAA Champion, 1949 NCAA Champion, One of the Fabulous Five
22	Jerry Bird	1954–56
50	Bob Burrow	1955–56	1956 Second Team All-America
56	Burgess Carey	1925–26
24	Johnny Cox	1957–59	1958 NCAA Champion, 1959 First Team All-America
10	Louie Dampier	1965–67	1967 Second Team All-America
7	John DeMoisey	1932–34
00	Tony Delk	1993–96	1996 NCAA Champion, 1996 First Team All-America, 1996 SEC Player of the Year, 1996 NCAA Tournament M.O.P.
42	Bill Evans	1952–55
32	Richie Farmer	1989–92	One of the Unforgettables
12	Deron Feldhaus	1989–92	One of the Unforgettables
21	Jack Givens	1975–78	1978 NCAA Champion, 1978 Second Team All-America, 1978 SEC Player of the Year, 1978 NCAA Tournament M.O.P.
44	Phil Grawemeyer	1954–56
15	Alex Groza	1945–49	1948 NCAA Champion, 1949 NCAA Champion, One of the Fabulous Five
35	Kevin Grevey	1973–75	1975 First Team All-America, 1973 and 1975 SEC Player of the Year
–	Joe B. Hall	1973–85	1978 National Championship Head Coach
6	Cliff Hagan	1951–54	1951 NCAA Champion, 1952 First Team All-America, 1954 First Team All-America
52	Vernon Hatton	1956–58	1958 NCAA Champion
–	Basil Hayden	1920–22
44	Dan Issel	1968–70	UK All-time leading scorer, 1970 First Team All-America
27	Wallace Jones	1946–49	1948 NCAA Champion, 1949 NCAA Champion, One of the Fabulous Five
–	Bill Keightley	1962–2008	Mr. Wildcat, Equipment Manager
–	Cawood Ledford	1953–92	Voice of the Wildcats
4	Kyle Macy	1978–80	1978 NCAA Champion, 1980 First Team All-America, 1980 SEC Player of the Year
44	Cotton Nash	1962–64	1964 First Team All-America
24	Jamal Mashburn	1991–93	1993 First Team All-America, 1993 SEC Player of the Year
34	John Pelphrey	1989–92	One of the Unforgettables
–	Rick Pitino	1990–97	1996 National Championship Head Coach
30	Frank Ramsey	1951–54	1951 NCAA Champion, 1954 Second Team All-America
26	Kenny Rallins	1943–48	1948 NCAA Champion
42	Pat Riley	1965–67	1966 First Team All-America, 1966 SEC Player of the Year
53	Rick Robey	1975–78	1978 NCAA Champion, 1978 Second Team All-America
4	Layton Rouse	1938–40
–	Adolph Rupp	1931–72	1948, 1949, 1951, 1958 National Championship Head Coach
–	Forest Sale	1931–33	Helms POY 1933, 2 time all American 1932 and 1933
–	Carey Spicer	1929–31
77	Bill Spivey	1950–51	1951 NCAA Champion, 1951 First Team All-America
20	Gayle Rose	1953–55
16	Lou Tsioropoulos	1951–54	1951 NCAA Champion
34	Kenny Walker	1983–86	1986 First Team All-America, 1985–86 SEC Player of the Year
11	Sean Woods	1990–92	One of the Unforgettables

References

^ "UK Creates Athletics Hall of Fame". UK Wildcats News. April 27, 2005. Retrieved April 6, 2017.

External links

"Retired Jerseys". University of Kentucky Athletics. University of Kentucky Wildcats Athletic Department. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-06.

[1] "UK Creates Athletics Hall of Fame". UK Wildcats News. April 27, 2005. Retrieved April 6, 2017.

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