We should go back to these uniforms.
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By the way, that has to be some of the oldest looking 18-22 year olds I have ever seen in my life.
#50 could pass for about 40.
#50 could pass for about 40.
I vote the '87 team unis, only with longer length shorts, over this.
Didn't realize that Coolidge from the White Shadow play for the Hawks.
I suspect they aren't much different than those of many schools of that era. Forty or so years from now, that is if there is college basketball) fans will be making fun of unis of these times.
Almost sure it's 1974. #10 is my childhood favorite Candy LaPrince and #50 is Mike Gatens...only year together was '74
Looks like the 1973-74 squad, the last for coach Dick Schultz.
Larry Parker #32
Mike Gatens #50
Neil Fegebank #15
Sky King #11 (freshman, he wore #54 as upper classman)
Scott Thompson #34
Leon Thomas #52
Archie Mays #4
John Hairston #42
Candy LaPrince #10
Glen Worley #44
Larry Parker #32
Mike Gatens #50
Neil Fegebank #15
Sky King #11 (freshman, he wore #54 as upper classman)
Scott Thompson #34
Leon Thomas #52
Archie Mays #4
John Hairston #42
Candy LaPrince #10
Glen Worley #44
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I would like to see HAWKEYES on the front of the jerseys instead of Iowa. Why don't home teams play in their school colors? I detest white jerseys. Just wait..The style eventually will swing back to the butt huggers and everyone will laugh at the hideous pants worn for the last 15 -20 years.
That's unpossible. I hated those damn things when I wore them in HS. I wore shorts that were 3-4 inches longer for practice, pickup games, etc. And those were still far shorter than I wear now.
Impressive recall.
I started listening to the Hawks on WMT a few years later. Loved hearing Ron Gonder detail the exploits of Bruce "Sky" King. Mayfield was a baller too. Good club.
Using one's imagination to fill in the blanks of a game on the radio is a pleasant exercise. Glad I had the chance.
William Mayfield was a freshman during the 1975-76 season.
Glen Worley was a freshman in 1973-74.
No, Mayfield was recruited by Lute Olson two years later. #44 is Glen Worley. The player holding the basketball is Jim Collins from Fort Dodge.
Glen Worley wasn't even born until the early 80s, unless there was more than one who played for Iowa. That also isn't William Mayfield, who was a very underrated player. Not sure who #44 is. I started watching the Hawks in 75-76 season.
Is it just me, or is something off with #51's legs?
That, and #3 looks like he's got something shady going on.
That, and #3 looks like he's got something shady going on.
74 would be correct. My undergrad was 72-76. Gatens was a bull in a china shop. Laprince never panned out too well as I recall - he may have been a juco. I MISS THE OLD FIELD HOUSE. Those rolled fixed steel balcony seats, salvaged from Iowa Field when Iowa Stadium opened in 1929, were something else. Your butt sat on the same surface as the person behind you placed their muddy wet waffle stompers. Basically sat in a puddle. If you sat on your coat, it would get wet and muddy. Fegebank, from Paulina, was a good player. Sky King could get up.
Dick Peth was not on that team, he was a freshman in 1975-76, and was recruited by Lute Olson, just like William Mayfield. # 33 is Larry Moore from Quincy , Illinois.
Thanks to the OP for the pic. I'm gonna take a stab that #44 is Clay Hargrave, who would become the shortest player to lead the B10 in rebounding at 6'4". Also thanks to hawk halen, I thought #11 looked like Bruce King but didn't recall him wearing that number.
Though belts were popular in the '50s and early '60s, by '74 we might have been the only team in the NCAA still using them. The black roadies were a different style uni, but also had belts (must have been a Schultz thing, since he also coached baseball). Then Lute came and switched to the Laker-ish style with the black side panels on the shorts, that were worn the rest of the '70s.
Though belts were popular in the '50s and early '60s, by '74 we might have been the only team in the NCAA still using them. The black roadies were a different style uni, but also had belts (must have been a Schultz thing, since he also coached baseball). Then Lute came and switched to the Laker-ish style with the black side panels on the shorts, that were worn the rest of the '70s.
Good call on Sky King. The #11 confused me as well. Sky was our best player in the couple of years pre-Lester. I used to love attending games in those days. The Field House was ugly as hell, but it could really rock like Carver-Hawkeye never has.
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