Don't remember Wes having a team but his opponent, East Hartford Explorers were a pro team around for years. Wes went on to play for another local pro team : the Hartford Caps.
Wes was a classmate of mine. I knew him slightly, we dated girls from the same dorm. As pure a deadly long range shooter and an automatic foul shooter. On his frosh team he was something crazy like 98 or 99 of 101. Bill Holowaty was in the same class and was possibly Wes’s shooting equal on the freshman team that also included Tom Penders and 3 or 4 other very good players. Best entering class until the Calhoun era.
Yes as a Fr in the fall of 64 the first team I saw play I think had those guys along with Toby, PJ Curran, Ron Rhubala, Spider H? First game was AIC with their center Jim Calhoun! Very good team and season
Hrubala came later. He was a soph in 68-69.
You are right-Ron Ritter?
Wasn’t Hrubal, he was much later. You are probably thinking of Ron Ritter , who I knew pretty well, a starting forward at 6’3” , good guy. His older brother Al was a starting guard when Ron was on the freshman team. Spider Hesfordc was the starter on that pone year when Wes and Toby were on the same team. Great team.
Topsy Delgobbo - there's a name from the past - I remember my father and I went to Worcester to watch him and his post college team play a bunch of ex Celtics in the late 60s - Walt Dropo introduced him to us - didn't Topsy go to Holy Cross? Then I saw him play several times in East Hartford and other area gyms
UConn's own Bill Corley played for the Harlem Wizards for a few years. Died way too early.
You're correct and thanks for spelling Ron's last name correctly.
