The 1st Husky?

[Bboy Lace]

Who's the first UConn basketball player you've ever met?

For me it was Tate George (June 1990)

 

[firstnline]

Toby Kimball and Wes Bialasuknia at an all-star game at East Hartford High when it was on Burnside Ave. It was way back in either 1965 or 66 and the gym was packed.

 

[BlueMAB]

John Gwynn. Real nice guy

 

[Rocktheworld]

Gavin Edwards and Charles Okwandu at Second House on Hunting Lodge, Spring 2009 I believe

 

[intlzncster]

Ray Allen. Country Club. Schlepped the bag to his car for him. Quiet dude.

 

[Parsons]

Bobby Dulin

 

[Yankees32123]

Hasheem Thabeet and Gavin Edwards in Gampel a few days after losing to Michigan St in the Final Four.

 

[Drumguy]

Tony Hansen, long time ago in the fieldhouse. Then John Thomas I think (my girlfriend let him use a paper for kiddie lit.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Cal Chapman in one of the Wilbur Cross Library's large reading rooms.

 

[mauconnfan]

Toby Kimball and Wes Bialasuknia at an all-star game at East Hartford High when it was on Burnside Ave. It was way back in either 1965 or 66 and the gym was packed.

Was there with my brother and dad. I believe Hollowatay played also?

 

[huskiesNhoos]

Sticks. He stayed at my aunt and uncles house for like a week while he was working at one of Calhouns camps

 

[Fairfield_1st]

John Gwynn. Real nice guy

Same here, Gwynn. Golfed in our league 1 week as a sub. +1 on the Nice guy comment.

 

[Leebo]

Ray Allen. I went to one of his camps as a kid.

 

[8893]

Great thread topic.

Earl Kelley for me. Bad mo' fo' back then. It was brief. I was scared.

 

[August_West]

Cliff

 

[lavuuk153]

Cliff

Selling or buying?

 

[August_West]

Selling or buying?

sharing

 

[RichZ]

Tom Penders. Played in a couple pickup games with and against him during the summer before he started at UConn.

 

[HuskyNationJE]

Ray Allen when I was 11ish, went to UConn with my parents so my dad could visit campus and I wanted to go to Gampel and the entire mens and womens teams were practicing and we went to get a shirt to get it signed and as we were walking out Ray Allen was walking in and talked to us for a few minutes.

 

[Husky25]

"Big E"ric Heyward. He stole cable from us.

True story: he used walk by my open dorm room door. He'd tap the door jam and go, "s'up, ya'all." Didn't matter if it was just one person or a group. Always, "ya'all." Then one day, he taps the doorway and asks me, "Man? Why you always studyin'?"

Gee, E. I don't know. Maybe because I'm an out of state student without a full ride?

 

[gtcam]

Walt Dropo through my Dad (Frat brothers) at a UConn bball game in 1963
Art Quimby and Yoka(Vin Yokabaskas (sic)) at a UConn soccer game in 1965
Bill Corley, Wes B and Toby Kimball at a senior sendoff to Toby Kimball in 1965

Partied with Tony Hanson in 1975

 

[gtcam]

Bobby Dulin

Was the Rat with or without little girls?

 

[Vuce]

Dan Cyrulik......he was in one of my classes

 

[uchusky32]

Ray Broxton in his dorm my freshman year Hilltop.

 

[ConnZag3]

Kemba at the Milwaukee Hilton after the McDonald's game in 08. Was waiting to get an autograph from him in the lobby and Andrea saw me in my UConn shirt and went to find him for me. Got to chat with them both for a couple minutes and knew then how great a representative he was gonna be for the school.