33 George Adams
A stalwart running back for the Wildcats from 1981-84… Led the Wildcats in rushing and all-purpose yardage as a sophomore,junior, and senior … His great 1984 campaign was topped by being namedfirst-team All-SEC, UKs Most Valuable Senior, and UKs Most OutstandingOffensive Back … Helped lead the Wildcats to Hall of Fame Bowl appearancesin 1983 and 1984 and was chosen Kentuckys MVP of the 1983 bowl … Ranksin the top four in school history in eight career categories and six single-seasoncategories … Finished his career with 2,648 rushing yards on 638 attempts… Played in the East-West Shrine Game and the Senior Bowl … First-rounddraft pick of the New York Giants and had a seven-year career with theGiants and New England Patriots.
2 Ermal Allen
Lettered three years at quarterback (1939-41) for CoachA.D. Kirwan, helping lead the Wildcats to three consecutive winning seasons… Also played varisty basketball for three seasons under Coach AdolphRupp and helped pace the Wildcats to a pair of SEC Tournament championships… Following military service, came to UK in 1946 as an assistant coach… Played with the Cleveland Browns in 1947 before returning to UK asan assistant coach from 1948-61 … His assignments included offensivebacks coach, head coach of the freshman team and defensive coordinator… Kentucky rolled up 12 winning seasons during Allens years as an assistant… He spent 22 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys (1962-83) as an assistantcoach and director of research and development with the Cowboys, makingfive trips to the Super Bowl during his tenure with the team.
73 Sam Ball
Lettered 1963-64-65 as offensive tackle … First-teamAll-American in 1965 by United Press International, Football Writers andSporting News … First-team All-Southeastern Conference in 1965 … Playedin College All-Star Game, North-South Shrine Game, and Senior Bowl …NFL first-round draft choice by Baltimore in 1966.
21 Calvin Bird
Excelled as a running back, pass receiver, defensiveback, kickoff returner, and punt returner … Still holds five school records… Has UK marks for highest kickoff return average in a season (30.4,1959) and career (27.05) … Averaged 8.44 yards every time he touchedthe ball during his career, another school record (min. 300 plays) …Scored a school-record 25 points in one game, vs. Hawaii in 1958, and tiedthe school mark for TDs in a game with four … Was a second-team All-SECselection as a junior and a third-team choice as a senior … Chosen theSECs Sophomore of the Year in 1958 when he led the league in pass receiving… Led the team in receiving and all-purpose yardage for three consecutiveseasons … Played in three all-star games following his senior seasonand was chosen the Most Valuable Back in the All-American Bowl.
21 Rodger Bird
Lettered 1963-64-65 as halfback … Named first-teamAll-American in 1965 by Time magazine and NBC … Two-time All-SoutheasternConference first-team (1964-65) by Associated Press and United Press International… Played in the College All-Star Game, North-South Shrine All-Star Game,and the Senior Bowl … First-round draft choice of the Oakland Raidersin 1966 and played professionally with the Raiders from 1966-71 … Curr-entlyranked eighth at Kentucky in career rushing with 1,699 yards and 21 touchdowns… Season-best of 646 yards rushing and 12 TDs in 1965 … Career-high157 yards rushing vs. Virginia Tech in 1963.
16 George Blanda
Lettered 1945-46-47-48 as quarterback, punter, and kicker… Led Kentucky in total offense (1948) and passing (1947-48) … Threwfor over 1,400 yards and 12 touch-downs in final two seasons … Pro FootballHall of Fame inductee after 26 seasons … First player in pro footballto score 2,000 points (2,002) in a career … Threw for 26,920 yards and236 touch-downs as a pro … Played on three American Football League championshipteams.
Paul Bear Bryant
Coached at Kentucky for eight seasons (1946-53) … Compileda record of 60-23-5 (.710 pct.) with four bowl appear-ances at UK … His60 victories are most by a UK head coach … Led Kentucky to first SoutheasternConference title (1950) … Took UK to consecutive appear-ances in 1950Orange Bowl, 1951 Sugar Bowl, and 1952 Cotton Bowl … Guided Kentuckyto its first bowl game 1947 Great Lakes Bowl … Coached eight first-teamAll-Americans during his tenure at UK.
69 Warren Bryant
Lettered 1974-75-76 as offensive tackle … First-teamAll-American by Walter Camp and American Football Coaches Association in1976 … Jacobs Award selection in 1976 (outstanding SEC blocker) … Namedto the Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger 25-year All-SEC team (1961-85) … Three-timeAll-SEC selection … NFL first-round draft choice by Atlanta Falcons in1976.
Jerry Claiborne
Three-year letterman at Kentucky under Coach Paul Bryantas blocking back, end and defensive back … Holds the Wildcats single-seasonrecord for interceptions with nine thefts for 130 yards during the 1949campaign … Spent 10 years as a collegiate assistant coach at Kentucky(1952-53), Texas A&M (1954-56), Missouri (1957), Alabama (1958-60),and Colorado (1971) … As a head coach, Claiborne ended his career ranked21st among all NCAA coaches with 179 victories … Compiled an overallrecord of 179-122-8 in 29 seasons as a collegiate head coach includingstops at Virginia Tech (61-39-2), Maryland (77-37-3) and Kentucky (41-46-3)… Named Coach of the Year in three different conferences — Southern(1963), Atlantic Coast (1973, 1975, 1976) and Southeastern (1983) … Ledthe Wildcats to a pair of bowl berths — 1983 and 1984 Hall of Fame Bowls… Guided Kentucky to the College Football Association Academic AchievementAward for highest graduation rate in 1989 … Also in 1989, Kentucky seta Southeastern Conference record by placing 17 Wildcats on the SEC AcademicHonor Roll Received the Neyland Award in 1994 … Elected to the CollegeFootball Hall of Fame in 1999.
Blanton Collier
Served as head football coach of the University of Kentuckyfor eight seasons (1954-61) … Led the Wildcats to a 41-36-3 record (.531pct.) during his tenure … Most Kentucky faithful remember his 5-2-1 recordagainst arch-rival Tennessee … Had the difficult task of following UKsmost successful head coach, Paul Bryant, when he accepted the job in 1954… Immediately led the Wildcats to a 7-3 record in his first season andwas named the Nashville Banner Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year… Began his coaching career at his prep alma mater, Paris High School,in 1927 … Coached all sports at Paris High for 16 years (1927-43), includingfootball and basketball … Won two Central Kentucky Conference footballtitles at Paris and six basketball championships … After serving hiscountry in the Navy, Collier joined the Cleveland Browns in 1946 as anassistant coach under Paul Brown … Remained on Cleveland staff untilbecoming head coach at Kentucky … Led Cleveland to a sparkling 76-34-2record (.688) which included one NFL title (1964) and four divisional titlesfrom 1963 to 1970.
40 Sonny Collins
Lettered 1972-73-74-75 as halfback … First-team All-SoutheasternConference by Associated Press and United Press International for threeseasons (1973-74-75) … Currently all-time leading rusher at Kentuckywith 3,835 yards and 26 touchdowns … Owns career marks in rush attempts(777), yards rushing (3,835), touchdowns rushing (26) and 100-yard rushinggames (18) … Best season came as sophomore in 1973 with 1,213 yards and13 TDs … Averaged 4.9 yards per carry during career … Named Playerof the Year in the Southeastern Conference by the Nashville Banner andBirmingham Post-Herald in 1974 … Participated in Hula Bowl and JapanBowl … Drafted in second round by Atlanta Falcons in 1976.
65 Ray Correll
Lettered 1951-52-53 as guard … Named first-team All-Americanin 1953 by the Football Writers of America Association and the ChicagoTribune … First-team All-Southeastern Conference by Associated Pressin 1953 … Second-team All-SEC by United Press International in 1953 …UK was 20-10-3 during his three years as a letterman … Named DefensiveMost Valuable Player in the 1952 Cotton Bowl as Kentucky defeated TCU,20-7 … Named to the All-Time Cotton Bowl team … Played in the East-WestShrine All-Star Game and the Senior Bowl … Named permanent co-captainas a senior in 1953.
2 Tim Couch
UK quarterback from 1996-98 Gave up his senior seasonof eligibility and was the No. 1 pick by Cleveland in the 1999 NFL Draft First-team All-America in 1998 as a junior and a consensus choice asSEC Player of the Year Completed 400 of 553 passes for 4,275 yards and36 touchdowns Led the nation in pass completions while ranking secondin completion percentage, passing yardage and touchdown passes, and fourthin total offense Guided the Wildcats to the Outback Bowl, UKs firstNew Years Day bowl appearance in 47 years Finished fourth in the HeismanTrophy balloting Finalist for the Davey OBrien National QuarterbackAward as a junior and sophomore Breakout soph campaign featured 363 of547 passes for 3,884 yards and 37 touchdowns Led the nation in pass attempts,completions, yardage, and completion percentage Earned second-team All-SEChonors and was ninth in the voting for the Heisman Played in seven gamesas a true freshman, with two starts Career stats feature 795 completionsin 1,184 attempts for 8,435 yards and 74 touchdowns Ended his careerwith seven NCAA records, 14 SEC records, and 26 school records.
13 Bob Davis
Lettered 1935-36-37 as halfback … Recognized as UKscareer rushing leader in pre-modern era with 2,083 yards rushing (documented)… Was all-time UK leading scorer with 180 points until Joey Worley brokethe mark in 1987 with 246 career points … Twice had five-touch-down gamesduring career … Scored a UK all-time high 30 touchdowns in career …High games of 267 yards (vs. Washington & Lee) and 246 yards (vs. Maryville)rushing during his career … Had four rushing touchdowns of over 70 yardsduring career.
70 Bob Gain
Lettered 1947-48-49-50 as tackle/placekicker … Two-time(1949 & 1950) first-team All-American … 1950 Outland Trophy winner,first player from SEC to win the award … Three-time All-SEC selection… UK was 33-10-2 and claimed SEC title under Paul Bryant during Gainsfour seasons … NFL first-round draft choice by Green Bay in 1951.
59 Joe Federspiel
One of the top linebackers in Kentucky history … Three-yearletterman from 1969-71 … First-team All-Southeastern Conference as asenior and named UKs Most Valuable Senior … Led team in tackles duringhis junior campaign with 125 stops … Picked second-team All-SEC in 1969… Won UKs Unsung Hero Award following his sophomore and junior campaigns… Named to Kentuckys All-Time Team by both the Lexington Herald-Leaderand the Louisville Courier-Journal … Played in both the North-South ShrineGame and the All-American Bowl following his senior year … Named to theSEC All-Decade Team for the 1970s by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution …Went on to a 10-year career in the National Football League, includingnine years with the New Orleans Saints (1972-80) and a season with theBaltimore Colts (1981) … Also has been an SEC game official in recentyears.
55 Irvin Irv Goode
Earned three varsity letters as center and linebackerat the University of Kentucky … Played at UK under head coach BlantonCollier … Physical stature as a Wildcat was 6-5, 220 pounds … First-teamAll-American in 1961 by Time … Third-team All-Southeastern Conferenceby United Press International in 1961 … Permanent team captain of 61Wildcats squad … Though most of his notoriety came as a center, Goodedid manage a career-high 23 tackles against national champion Ole Missas a junior … Played in four postseason all-star games Hula Bowl, East-WestShrine Game, College All-Star Game and Senior Christian Bowl … Numberone draft choice of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1962 … A 13-year veteranof the National Football League St. Louis Cardinals (1962-71), BuffaloBills (1972) and Miami Dolphins (1973-74) … Twice named to the Pro Bowl(1964, 1967).
22 Mark Higgs
Standout running back from 1984-87 … Ranks third inUK history with 2,892 rushing yards … Holds school records for highestrushing average in a season (6.6 yards per attempt in 1987) and career(5.43 yards per attempt) … In 1987, rushed for what was then a school-record1,278 yards (broken in 1995 by Moe Williams)… Selected as the SEC OffensivePlayer of the Week when he rushed for 192 yards in a 35-6 victory overMississippi … Named second-team All-SEC and UKs Most Valuable Senior… Also a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Played in the Blue-GrayGame and Hula Bowl following his senior season … Drafted by the DallasCowboys and enjoyed an eight-year career in the National Football Leaguewith Dallas, Philadelphia, Miami, and Arizona.
80 Tom Hutchinson
Earned three varsity letters as a split end for the Universityof Kentucky … Played at UK under head coaches Blanton Collier and CharlieBradshaw … All-time leading receiver in Wildcats history until 1997 …Ended his career with a then school-record 94 pass receptions … Fourthon the UK list for pass receiving yards with 1,483 … Averaged 15.9 yardsper reception and scored nine touchdowns … First-team All-SoutheasternConfer-ence by Associated Press in 1960, 1961 and 1962 … First-team All-SECby United Press International in 1961 and 1962 … Third-team All-SEC byUnited Press International in 1960 … Caught 30 passes for 455 yards asa sophomore despite not earning a starting assignment in any of the 10regular season games … Grabbed 32 pass receptions in 1961 and 1962 …Played in five postseason all-star games Coaches All-America Game, CollegeAll-Star Game, Hula Bowl, East-West Shrine Game, and the Senior ChristianBowl … First round draft choice in 1963 by the Cleveland Browns … Four-yearveteran in the National Football League … Played three seasons at Cleveland(1963-65) and one season at Atlanta (1966).
8 Clyde Johnson
Lettered 1940-41-42 as tackle … Owns the honor of beingthe University of Kentuckys first All-American in football … Named first-teamAll-American by Associated Press as tackle following 1942 campaign …First-team All-Southeastern Conference by Associated Press in 1942 …Played two seasons in the National Football League with the Los AngelesRams (1946-47).
27 Wallace Wah-Wah Jones
Lettered 1945-46-47-48 as end … Two-time All-SoutheasternConfer-ence … Named first-team All-SEC by the Associated Press in 1946… Also tabbed third-team All-SEC in 1948 by AP … Led Kentucky in receivingtwo seasons (1947-48) … Had a season-high 19 receptions for 243 yardsand five touchdowns during his senior campaign … Four-year lettermanin football, basketball and baseball during his days at UK … Helped leadthe Wildcats to their first bowl appearance (1947 Great Lakes Bowl) asa junior … Also a basketball standout and the only UK athlete to havehis jersey retired in both sports.
44 John Shipwreck Kelly
Lettered 1929-30-31 as halfback … Gained approx-imately2,100 yards rushing during career … Is one of only five UK players togain at least 2,000 yards rushing in career … Season-best 1,074 yardsrushing in 1931 … Held UK all-time, single-game record with 280 yardsrushing vs. Maryville in 1930.
66 Ralph Kercheval
Lettered 1931-32-33 at many posi-tions, primarily aspunter … Known as perhaps the finest punter in the history of the SEC… Still holds SEC season records for most punts (101) and yards punted(4,413) and holds single-game record for punting average (52.0 avg., min.10) … All-around athlete, played quarterback, defensive back, kickerand punter … Tied for second-longest punt in UK history (78 yards) …Career-wise, punted 234 times for 9,749 yards, averaging 44.8 yards perpunt which is two yards better than UKs modern era leader Paul Calhoun(42.6 avg.).
80 Rick Kestner
A first-team All-Southeastern Conference offensive endin 1964 and 1965 … One of the most prolific pass catchers in Wildcathistory … Ranks ninth in UK annals in career pass receptions (82) … His 42 catches in 1964 set a school record … Greatest day as a Wildcatoccurred in 1964 as a junior as he caught nine passes for 185 yards andthree touchdowns as Kentucky upset No. 1-ranked Mississippi, 27-21, inJackson … The 185 receiving yards was the most ever for a Wildcat receiverin one game … Fine student who earned a place on the Academic All-SECteam in 1964.
50 Jim Kovach
All-time leading tackler in University of Kentucky history… Credited with 521 tackles, including a season-high 164 in 1978 …Four-year letterman who received medical hardship ruling in 1977 becauseof shoulder injury … Consensus first-team All- Southeastern Conferencein 1978 … Second-team All-SEC in 1975 and 1976 … Squads Most ValuablePlayer in 1978 … One of only two Wildcats football players to be namedto the Academic All-SEC Honor Roll four times … Academic All-Americanin 1978 … Earned the 1978 National Football Foundation Scholar-AthleteAward … Received 1979 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship … Played in the1978 Hula Bowl … Fourth-round draft choice by the New Orleans Saintsin 1979 … Played professionally with New Orleans (1979-85) and San Francisco(1985).
24 Dicky Lyons
First-team All-SEC as a junior and senior and earnedsecond-team all-league honors as a sophomore … Earned three letters(1966-68) as a halfback, flanker and kick returner at UK … Oneof the greatest punt and kickoff return aces in Southeastern Conferencehistory … Only player in SEC history with 1,000 yards in rushing, 1,000yards in punt returns and 1,000 yards in kickoff returns … Still holdsthe SEC record for most return yardage in a game when he rolled up 235yards in punt and kickoff returns against LSU in 1967 … His career puntreturn average of 15.4 yards per return still ranks as best in school historyand third highest in SEC annals … Ranks among the leaders in Kentuckyand SEC history in several other statistical categories … Was namedto Kentuckys All-Time Team as selected by the Lexington Herald-Leader… Played for the New Orleans Saints in the National Football League.
20 Charlie McClendon
Versatile performer for Coach Paul Bear Bryant, helpinglead the 1949 team to the Orange Bowl and the 1950 squad to the Sugar Bowl… Lettered two seasons at UK (1949-50) as a defensive end, cornerbackand tight end … Was an assistant coach at Kentucky (1951), Vanderbilt(1952), and Louisiana State (1953-61) before taking over the reins of theLSU program in 1962 … Compiled a 137-59-7 mark in 18 years as the LSUhead coach, guiding the Tigers to 13 bowl games … Named National Coachof the Year in 1970 by the American Football Coaches Association … Was Executive Director of the Tangerine Bowl for two years (1980-81) beforecompleting 12 years (1982-94) as Executive Director of the AFCA … Wasgiven the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award by the AFCA in 1992 for outstandingservice in the advancement of the best interests of football.
80 Steve Meilinger
Lettered 1951-52-53 as end, halfback, defensive backand linebacker … Career totals include 75 catches for 1,210 yards (16.1avg.) and 17 TDs … Held UK career record with 17 TD receptions … Had41 receptions for 576 yards and 8 TDs during the 1951 season … Two-time,first-team All-American (1952 & 1953) … Named first-team All-SECthree times (1951-52-53) … Named to Birmingham QB Club Quarter-CenturyAll-SEC Team (1950-74) … Also rushed for 714 yards during his career… Intercepted six passes during his career … NFL first-round draftchoice by Washington.
79 Lou Michaels
Lettered 1955-56-57 at UK as tackle, kicker and punter… Two-time, first-team All-America selection (1956 & 1957) … OutstandingSEC Lineman by Birmingham TD Club in 1956 … Outstanding SEC Lineman byAtlanta TD Club in 1957 … SEC Outstand-ing Player by Nashville Bannerin 1957 … Averaged 39.8 yards per punt (122 punts for 4,852 yards) duringcareer … Connected on 13 of 16 PATs and 2 of 3 FGs at UK during career… Inducted into College Football Hall of Fame in 1992.
51 Doug Moseley
Earned three varsity letters as a center and linebackerat the University of Kentucky … Played under head coach Paul Bryant onteams that compiled a 28-8 overall record, including one Southeastern Conferencechampionship (1950) and appearances in the Orange, Sugar and Cotton Bowls… First-team All-American in 1951 by Associated Press and Football WritersAssociation of America … First-team All-Southeastern Conference by AssociatedPress and United Press International in 1951 … Second-team All-SoutheasternConference by Associated Press in 1950 … Permanent co-captain of 1951Wildcats squad which posted an 8-4 record and a 20-7 victory over TexasChristian University in the Cotton Bowl … Earned the 1951 Atlanta ConstitutionAward … Played in the College All-Star Game at Chicago.
11 Rick Norton
Lettered 1963-64-65 as quarterback … Named first-teamAll-American in 1965 by Time magazine and NBC … Academic All-SoutheasternConfer-ence as sophomore in 1963 … Ranks fourth at UK in career totaloffense (4,139 yards) and third in career passing (4,514 yards) … HeldUK mark for season passing with 1,823 yards and 11 touchdowns in 1965 …Owned Wildcats single-game mark with 373 yards passing against Houston(1965) … Completed 298 of 598 passes (.498 pct.) and 26 TDs during career… First-round draft pick of Miami Dolphins in 1966 … Played with theDolphins from 1966 to 1969.
52 Rick Nuzum
Began his career as a defensive _end at UK, moved tooffensive tackle, offensive guard and spent last two seasons forthe Wildcats at center … First-team All-American as center in 1974 …Second-team All-Southeastern Conference as a senior … Participated inthe 1974 Hula Bowl and East-West Shrine Game … Squads Most ValuablePlayer in 1974 … Coached at Kentucky by John Ray and Fran Curci … Draftedin the fifth round by the Los Angeles Rams in 1975 … Played in the NationalFootball League three seasons Los Angeles Rams (1977) and GreenBay Packers (1978-79).
10 Vito Babe Parilli
Lettered 1949-50-51 as quarterback … Two-time (1950& 51) first-team All-American … Finished fourth and third, respectively,in Heisman Trophy voting his junior and senior seasons … Held UK recordfor career TD passes (50) … Completed 331 of 592 passes for 4,351 yardsand 50 TDs in career … UK posted 28-8 record, claimed SEC title and spotsin Orange, Sugar and Cotton Bowls under Paul Bryant during Parillis threeseasons … NFL first-round draft choice by Green Bay in 1952.
12 Derrick Ramsey
Lettered 1975-76-77 as quarterback … First-team All-SoutheasternConference and third-team All-American as quarterback by Associated Pressand United Press International in 1977 … Named Outstanding SEC Quarterbackfollowing senior campaign by the Birmingham Touchdown Club … Led theWildcats to consecutive 9-3 and 10-1 records as junior and senior, including21-0 victory over North Carolina in 1976 Peach Bowl … Currently rankedeighth at UK in career total offense (3,417 yards), sixth in career rushing(1,764 yards) and 15th in career passing (1,653 yards) … Ranks thirdin career rushing TDs with 25 … Played in the East-West Shrine All-StarGame … Played for three different National Football League teams as tightend — Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders (1978-83), New England (1983-85) andDetroit (1987) … During the summer of 1999, was named the Director ofAthletics at Kentucky State University in Frankfort.
45 Jay Rhodemyre
A first-team All-SEC choice as a senior after garneringthird- team all-league honors as a junior … Lettered three seasons atUK (1942, 1946-47) at center and linebacker … Played his last two yearsfor Paul Bear Bryant and helped lead Kentucky to the schools first bowlappearance in 1947 … Was named to Kentuckys All-Time Team in selectionsmade by both the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Louisville Courier-Journal… Earned Most Valuable Player honors in the 1948 College All-Star Game… Also played in the 1947 Blue-Gray Game … Had a four-year career inthe National Football League with the Green Bay Packers … Worked as anengineer following his football career and was part-owner of Thermal EquipmentSales Company.
74 Dave Roller
Stalwart defensive lineman for the Wildcats from 1968-70… Played defensive guard as a sophomore, moved to end his junior year,then played tackle as a senior … A first-team All-Southeastern Conferenceselection as both a junior and senior … Won UKs Unsung Hero Awardas a junior … Also a second-team All-SEC choice in 1968 as a sophomore… Named to Kentuckys All-Time Team by the Lexington Herald-Leader …Was named National Lineman of the Week during the 1970 season after theWildcats defeated Kansas State … Played in the All-American Bowl, theHula Bowl, and the North-South Shrine Game following his senior year … Enjoyed a 10-year career in the National Football League with the New YorkGiants (1971-74), Green Bay Packers (1975-78), and Minnesota Vikings (1979-80).
19 Howard Schnellenberger
Earned four varsity letters as an offensive and defensiveend at the University of Kentucky … Played two years each under headcoaches Paul Bryant and Blanton Collier … First-team All-American in1955 by Associated Press … First-team All-Southeastern Conference byAssociated Press in 1955 … Third-team All-Southeastern Conference byAssociated Press in 1954 … Permanent co-captain as senior in 1955 …Ended career with 44 receptions for 618 yards (14.0 avg.) and 11 touchdowns… Owned outstanding ratio of one touchdown catch for every four passreceptions … Led Wildcats in receiving during both 1954 and 1955 seasons… Most memorable pass reception was a 22-yard touchdown catch on a passfrom Bob Hardy to give Kentucky a 14-13 victory over Tennessee in 1954… During his career the Wildcats compiled a 25-12-4 record … Playedin 1955 Blue-Gray All-Star Game … Also played in 1955 Senior Bowl …Began his coaching career as an assistant at Kentucky (1959-60) under BlantonCollier … Assistant coach at Alabama (1961-65) under Paul Bryant …Served as assistant coach in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams (1966-69)under George Allen and with the Miami Dolphins (1970-72; 1975-79) underDon Shula … Head coach of the Baltimore Colts for two seasons (1973-74)… Led the University of Miami (Fla.) to the national championship in1983 … Also became the head coach at Louisville and Oklahoma.
32 Larry Seiple
Versatile performer who starred for the Wildcats as arunner, pass receiver, kickoff returner, and punter … Three-year lettermanfrom 1964-66 … Named second-team All-SEC as a junior and won UKs UnsungHero Award as a senior … Holds the UK career record for average yardsper pass reception (19.8) … Also ranks in UKs top 10 in single-gamereceiving yards (third, 167 yards), single-season receiving yardage (sixth,635 yards), career pass receptions (10th, 72 catches), career receivingyardage (sixth, 1,422 yards), career punting (sixth, 39.6 yards per punt)… Known as a big-play performer as a collegian … Had four pass receptionsof 70 yards or more during his career … On 4th-and-41 yards to go againstMississippi in 1965, ran a fake punt 70 yards for a touchdown … Played11 years (1967-77) with the Miami Dolphins … Currently an assistant coachwith the Dolphins.
48 Washington Wash Serini
Earned four varsity letters as a tackle at the Universityof Kentucky … His physical stature as a player at UK was 6-1, 215 pounds… Played under three different head coaches (A.D. Kirwan, Bernie Shively,and Paul Bryant) … Named first-team All-Southeastern Conference by AssociatedPress in 1944 … Twice named second-team All-Southeastern Conference byAssociated Press (1945, 1947) … Member of Wildcats first bowl team (1947Great Lakes Bowl) … Participated in three Blue-Gray All-Star games (1944,1946, 1947) … Played professionally for the Chicago Bears (1948-51) andGreen Bay Packers (1952).
Bernie A. Shively
Served as director of athletics at the University ofKentucky for 30 years (1938-67) … Super-vised major expansions of UKathletics facilities during his tenure … Responsible for the expansionof Stoll Field/McLean Stadium in 1948, 1949 and 1959 to increase seatingcapacity to 37,500 … Credited with the construction of Memorial Coliseum(11,500) in 1950 … Also responsible for what is now known as the ShivelySports Complex, which was built in 1959 … The Shively Sports Complexincludes the football practice fields and is now home to Kentucky baseballand track … Chairman of the NCAA Basketball Tourna-ment Committee (UniversityDivision) and later named to the NCAA Executive Committee … Served ashead football coach at UK in 1945 and posted 2-8-0 record.
97 Art Still
Lettered 1974-75-76-77 as defensive end … Consensusfirst-team All-American in 1977 … Broke UK single season record with22 tackles behind the line in 1977 … Ended career with 327 tackles …Two-time, first-team All-SEC (1976 & 1977) … Honored by BirminghamTD Club as SEC Outstanding Senior Player in 1977 … Honored by Columbus(Ga.) TD Club as SEC Outstanding Player in 1977 … Named to Lakeland (Fla.)Ledger 25-year All-SEC team (1961-75) … NFL first-round draft choiceby Kansas City in 1978.
70 Herschel Turner
First-team All-American as an offen-sive and defensivetackle in 1963 … First-team All- Southeastern Confer-ence as a senior… Logged the most minutes played on UKs 1962 squad known as the ThinThirty … Partici-pated in the Blue-Gray Game and the Senior Bowl …Drafted in the second round of the 1964 National Football League draftby St. Louis … Played two seasons (1964-65) with the Cardinals as a guardand tackle.
50 Harry Ulinski
Four-year letterman from 1946-49 under Coach Paul BearBryant … A standout center and linebacker … Captain of the 1949 Wildcatssquad that posted a 9-3 record and played in the Orange Bowl … Namedfirst-team All-Southeastern Conference in 1949 by the Associated Press.. First-team All-South by Colliers magazine … Honorable mention All-America… The Wildcats were ranked seventh in the nation at one point duringthe 1949 season their highest ranking ever and finished the campaignranked 11th in the country … Named SEC Player of the Week after Kentuckys25-0 blanking of Georgia … Played in the 1950 College All-Star Game …Played six years in the National Football League with the Washington Redskins.
88 Jeff VanNote
Originally came to Kentucky as a fullback, but endedhis career as an outstanding defensive end … Earned second-team All-SoutheasternConference honors as a sophomore in 1966 … Squads Most Valuable Playeras a senior in 1968 … Participated in the Blue-Gray Game … Coachedat UK by Charlie Bradshaw … Drafted in the 11th round by the AtlantaFalcons in 1969 … Played 18 years in the National Football League (1969-86),all with the Falcons, as a center … Named All-Pro in 1982 … EarnedAll-National Football Conference honors in 1980 … Played in six Pro Bowls(1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982) … Currently the expert analyston radio broadcasts of UK football games.
