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Happy Super Bowl Sunday! I was thinking about UConn players I wish I had seen live and decided to ask other Boneyarders the same question. For me, it’s Art Quimby. At 6’5”, three straight seasons averaging over 20 rebounds per game. In 1954-55, he averaged 23.2 points and 24.4 rebounds per game. Was anybody on the BY alive to see this incredible performance?
 
I've seen most of them beginning with Tony Hansen (he played for Holy Cross in WTBY)

Bob Staak and Toby Kimball and Wes B--------ski I suppose would be my top 3
 
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Punkbo said:
Happy Super Bowl Sunday! I was thinking about UConn players I wish I had seen live and decided to ask other Boneyarders the same question. For me, it’s Art Quimby. At 6’5”, three straight seasons averaging over 20 rebounds per game. In 1954-55, he averaged 23.2 points and 24.4 rebounds per game. Was anybody on the BY alive to see this incredible performance?
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Emeka. Caron. I was living in VA and GA that period.
 
Punkbo said:
Happy Super Bowl Sunday! I was thinking about UConn players I wish I had seen live and decided to ask other Boneyarders the same question. For me, it’s Art Quimby. At 6’5”, three straight seasons averaging over 20 rebounds per game. In 1954-55, he averaged 23.2 points and 24.4 rebounds per game. Was anybody on the BY alive to see this incredible performance?
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Lucky enough to see Wonderful Wes, Tony Kimball, Bill Holowaty, Bill Corley, Tom Penders in the old field house and all their great players thru the years.
Also got to visit with the current team this past week in Stamford. Bleeding Blue for sure.
 
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Wes Bialosuknia, the Poukeepsie Popper. Missed him by a couple years. My freshman year (1968-69) the Huskies were 5-19, believe it or not, in the second (and final) season of Burr Carlson. (The legendary Dee Rowe followed, and the trajectory has been mostly up ever since.) Bob Staak, mentioned previously, was a sophomore that season. His career was pre-three point shots. Wherever he ended up among all-time scorers, you could probably add at least 25-30% to his point total. He could really shoot from the outside. Last guy cut by the Pittsburgh Pipers of the old ABA, if I remember correctly.
 
It would be Ray Allen. I only saw Him live once at Uconn and once at a Pro-Am. He was more athletic than Stix or Caron. His superior shooting trumps his other skills.
 
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poppa jr. said:
Lucky enough to see Wonderful Wes, Tony Kimball, Bill Holowaty, Bill Corley, Tom Penders in the old field house and all their great players thru the years.
Also got to visit with the current team this past week in Stamford. Bleeding Blue for sure.
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Same as to all of the above, and also remembering PJ Curran, Ron Hrubala, Ed Slomcenski, Spider Hesford. They were my first live sports heroes.
 
I think Sticks.
An enigma, but someone whose game was electric.
I was olenty old enough during his time but I was living away from CT and never had the chance.
 
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Hey Adrien! said:
Dove.

I was just three years old during his only season at UConn and everything I’ve heard/read about him was that his game was transcendent.
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Transcendent is the perfect word, but it was actually three seasons.

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Walt Dropo as well. I grew up in Plainfield CT and the Dropos were the first family of our town. His brother George was our high school vice principal and bought me a UConn tie my freshmen year.

Would have liked to have seen The Moose play at Fenway when he was the 1950 AL Rookie of the Year.
 
I'd pick Jimmy Foster. He was supposed to be electric with the ball.
 
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