[SValley Fan]

Was he the best basketball player from Eastern KY?????

[Survivor]

No

[The Guru]

Was he the best basketball player from Eastern KY?????

Refresh my memory....the name sounds familar, but I can't place him.

[The Guru]

But I seriosly doubt it.

[pillsburythrowboy]

lol
Three names:
Todd May
King Kelly Coleman
Ervin Stepp

[Blue-N-Gold]

Johnny Cox, Hazard Bulldogs State Champs 1955

[SValley Fan]

lol
Three names:
Todd May
King Kelly Coleman
Ervin Stepp

Yea I forgot all those ppl could play for Oak Hill

[JD If U Please]

JJ Hylton
Charles Thomas
Jeremy Hall
JR VanHoose

[Doc Holliday]

No
But I am curious what did he do to warrent such a thread?

[SValley Fan]

No
But I am curious what did he do to warrent such a thread?

lol IDK just got bored...

[TRAIN85]

Don't forget about Todd Conley.

[Playboy5]

Ben Bowling...That is a name from the past. Didn't he move off and play for a team from Florida?

[SValley Fan]

Ben Bowling...That is a name from the past. Didn't he move off and play for a team from Florida?

He played for Oak HIll and then a team from Florida I think, not for sure

[IRISH4]

No

[Johnny Fairplay]

King Kelly Coleman- the best
Jim Rose- Played for Rupp and semi-pro
Johhny Cox
Richie Farmer
John Pelphrey
Todd May
Ervine Stepp
JR Vanhoose
Jeremy Hall

I would take these guys any day.

[Moe]

King Kelly Coleman- the best
Jim Rose- Played for Rupp and semi-pro
Johhny Cox
Richie Farmer
John Pelphrey
Todd May
Ervine Stepp
JR Vanhoose
Jeremy Hall

I would take these guys any day.

I like this list. I'd add Craig Ratliff from Paintsville, He didn't have the legandary status like some of these guy but could playe with anyone. Bowling Probabily had the talent to be one of the best off the court problems hurt how fans perceived him and his legacy but he was as good of a pure athlete to come out of East Ky. Didn't he sign with Tulane and get in trouble or something??

[SValley Fan]

Yea I think so but that was after he got kicked out of Oak Hill

[Moe]

He also played at a Prep School in FL. his last year of HS, Westminster Academy I believe. They were one of the top teams in the country his SR. year.

[SValley Fan]

Really tho He had it Made...Samething wit King Kelly...Both could have went anywere

[Moe]

Really tho He had it Made...Samething wit King Kelly...Both could have went anywere

King Kelly could have played in the league for many years had he done things differently.

[SValley Fan]

Very True

[IRISH4]

Didn't his trouble cause the team in FL to forfeit a lot of the games that they won?

[SValley Fan]

Didn't his trouble cause the team in FL to forfeit a lot of the games that they won?

It sounds like I heard that before but idk for sure

[-STAT-]

King Kelly Coleman- the best
Jim Rose- Played for Rupp and semi-pro
Johhny Cox
Richie Farmer
John Pelphrey
Todd May
Ervine Stepp
JR Vanhoose
Jeremy Hall

I would take these guys any day.

Same here, thats an all-star team right there.

[kicker27]

Johnny Cox, Hazard Bulldogs State Champs 1955

^^^^^^^^
YES !!!

[SValley Fan]

Alot of these guys u all are naming was good but that was along time ago and everyone knows the the athletes now and then are 2 different types of players

[LOOKAYANNER]

Bowling is not even in the top 100 players of all time in the mountains!!!

He wouldn't rank in the top 50 in Perry County alone.

[SValley Fan]

Bowling is not even in the top 100 players of all time in the mountains!!!

He wouldn't rank in the top 50 in Perry County alone.

lol now thats funny

[Playboy5]

I thought he played for westminister and still remembered him playing on WYMT in a game..

[magic man]

King Kelly Coleman- the best
Jim Rose- Played for Rupp and semi-pro
Johhny Cox
Richie Farmer
John Pelphrey
Todd May
Ervine Stepp
JR Vanhoose
Jeremy Hall

I would take these guys any day.

Jim Rose did not play for Rupp-He played at Western and along with Big Jim Mcdaniels defeated rupp in the NCAA tOURNAMENT