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Gene White
Gene White was one of the original members of the 1954 Milan, Indiana championship basketball team that inspired the film ''Hoosiers (film), Hoosiers''. At 5'11" White played center for the Milan Indians. White's family owned a local feed store, and his mother sold some of the family's chickens to fund a trip to Indianapolis for the state championship. White went on to attend Franklin College (Indiana), Franklin College where he later taught mathematics and coached basketball. White also taught second-level algebra and calculus at Franklin Community High School. References Where are they now? ''The Indianapolis Star''. ''USA Today''. ''The Cincinnati Enquirer''. External linksMilan '54 Museum, Inc. Living people Basketball players from Indiana Franklin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan, Indiana
Milan ( ) is a town in Franklin and Washington townships, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,899 at the 2010 census. Milan High School won the Indiana state basketball championship against Muncie Central High School in 1954, the victory being significant as Milan was one of the smallest towns to win a state championship in the United States at that time. The 1986 film '' Hoosiers'' is based on the story of the 1954 Milan Team. While it is often claimed that Milan is the subject of a volume of poetry entitled ''Pop. 359'' written in 1941 by Carl Wilson under the pseudonym of Tramp Starr, that book is actually about the nearby town of Moores Hill. History Milan was laid out in 1854 when the railroad was extended to that point. The town, like its predecessor Old Milan, was named after Milan in Italy. Milan Masonic Lodge No. 31 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Geography Milan is located at (39.122730, -85.1306 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
