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This black and white photograph shows Wayne Hightower #55 rebounding during the KU vs. K-State basketball game in Lawrence, Kansas. Hightower was a center for the University of Kansas men's basketball team from ,1960-1961, before being drafted in 1962 into the NBA. He played for a number of professional basketball teams including the San Francisco Warriors, Detroit Pistons and Denver Rockets before retiring in 1972. On April 18, 2002, Wayne Hightower passed away at the age of sixty-two in his hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date: Between 1960 and 1961
Item Number: 219566
Call Number: FK2.76 U.65 A.1960 *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219566
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Athletes
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1960s
Education - Higher education - Athletics - Basketball
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Kansas State University
Education - Higher education - Institutions - University of Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - African Americans
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Type of Material - Photographs
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