Wichita Sports HOF - 2009 class

[RoyalShock]

http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2009/05/04/daily32.html?surround=lfn

Congrats to Jason Perez and Gene Wiley!

Also, Willie Jeffries for football and Greg Brummett for baseball.

[150946shox]

Re: Kansas Sports HOF - 2009 class

http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2009/05/04/daily32.html?surround=lfn

Congrats to Jason Perez and Gene Wiley!

Also, Willie Jeffries for football and Greg Brummett for baseball.

Fantastic! I'm thrilled for all of them.

[WuDrWu]

Gene Wiley, Goose Doughty, Roy Turner and Don Calhoun are also talented and unique additions with great local flavor.

Super class.

[ShockCity]

The article left off the fact that Doughty was also the basketball and tennis coach at Wichita Heights.

[BostonWu]

It's actually Wichita rather than Kansas Sports HOF.

[RoyalShock]

It's actually Wichita rather than Kansas Sports HOF.

Whoops. Thanks for the correction. Fixed.

[kcshocker11]

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[1972Shocker]

I like the selection of Gene Wiley, perhaps a somewhat overlooked Shocker great.

Dave Stallworth has publicly stated that Gene was a great player whose defensive prowess in the lane allowed the rest of his teammates to play very aggressively on the perimeter knowing that if they did get beat on occasion Gene was there to bail them out. Gene was also a more than adequate player offensively.

IIRC, Gene and Warren (Armstrong) Jabali share the all-time Shocker record for triple doubles at four each. Warren's were for points, rebounds and assists. All four of Gene's, I believe, were for points, rebounds and blocks.

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[MikeShox]

I like the selection of Gene Wiley, perhaps a somewhat overlooked Shocker great.

Dave Stallworth has publicly stated that Gene was a great player whose defensive prowess in the lane allowed the rest of his teammates to play very aggressively on the perimeter knowing that if they did get beat on occasion Gene was there to bail them out. Gene was also a more than adequate player offensively.

IIRC, Gene and Warren (Armstrong) Jabali share the all-time Shocker record for triple doubles at four each. Warren's were for points, rebounds and assists. All four of Gene's, I believe, were for points, rebounds and blocks.

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Another thing about Gene Wiley. While nobody could stop the Stilt, Gene was considered one of the best defenders against Wilt Chamberlain in the NBA. He always got lots of minutes whenever he played a Chamberlain team due to his defensive and rebounding ability.

[im4wsu]

I like the selection of Gene Wiley, perhaps a somewhat overlooked Shocker great.

Dave Stallworth has publicly stated that Gene was a great player whose defensive prowess in the lane allowed the rest of his teammates to play very aggressively on the perimeter knowing that if they did get beat on occasion Gene was there to bail them out. Gene was also a more than adequate player offensively.

IIRC, Gene and Warren (Armstrong) Jabali share the all-time Shocker record for triple doubles at four each. Warren's were for points, rebounds and assists. All four of Gene's, I believe, were for points, rebounds and blocks.

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ircc, the year Wilt averaged 50, his lowest point total of the year was against Mr.Wiley. The number 11 sticks in my mind, but it was a long time ago.
Another thing about Gene Wiley. While nobody could stop the Stilt, Gene was considered one of the best defenders against Wilt Chamberlain in the NBA. He always got lots of minutes whenever he played a Chamberlain team due to his defensive and rebounding ability.