Hartman, Estes amongst 8 selected for college HOF
Dec 31, 2024, 01:44 PM ET
KANSAS CITY, Mo.– Long time coach Jack Hartman and Utah State star Wayne Estes, who was unfortunately killed while attempting to supply assistance at the site of an auto accident after his final game, are amongst eight coaches and players who will be posthumously inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.The Hall of Fame revealed its most current class Tuesday. The date of the induction event has not been announced.The other members consist of Dave Meyers, who helped UCLA win
the NCAA title in 1973 and’75; Duquesne’s Sihugo Green, the first general choice in the 1956 NBA draft; Lennie Rosenbluth, who led North Carolina to a 32-0 record and then the 1957 NCAA title; New Mexico State’s Sam Lacey, the fifth general choice in the 1970 NBA draft; John Rudometkin, the very first USC player to score more than 1,000 points in two seasons; and Tom Stith of St. Bonaventure, who average 26.5 points for his career.Hartman, who played football and basketball at Oklahoma State, is possibly
the most prominent member of the class. He played quarterback in the Canadian Football League after college before turning his attention to coaching, initially as an assistant at his alma mater and later on at Coffeyville (Kansas)Community College and Southern Illinois.It was at Kansas State where Hartman made his greatest splash. He followed Tex Winter and Cotton Fitzsimmons in leading the Wildcats to 4 Elite Eights during 16 seasons, completing very first or 2nd in the Huge 8 in 10 of those years.Hartman retired in 1986 with a 589-279 record. He passed away in 1998 at the age of 73. Estes was simply 21 when he died on Feb. 8, 1965.
The 6-foot-6 forward had actually just scored 48 points for Utah State versus Denver in his last game, pushing him past 2,000 points for his profession, when he stopped at the scene of an auto accident near school. Estes was crossing the street when he inadvertently touched a downed power line, fatally electrocuting him.Estes, who was the second-leading scorer in the country behind Rick Barry that season, was posthumously given All-America honors by The Associated Press. The Aggies retired
his No. 33 jersey and the school’s practice center, which opened in 2013, is named the Wayne Estes Center in his honor.