KU Connections
to Wyandotte High School Basketball Teams

A Championship Connection
For more than a century, the University of Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball program has shared a special bond with the Wyandotte Bulldogs.
Nineteen Bulldogs have gone on to play for the Jayhawks, carrying the pride of Wyandotte onto one of college basketball’s grandest stages.
Remarkably, sixteen of those Jayhawks were also members of Wyandotte’s state championship teams — a testament to the winning tradition, talent, and legacy built in our gym.
Six Bulldogs played for Jayhawk Final Four teams. Included in that group are the three Bulldogs that played on the Wilt Chamberlain-led KU team that fell to North Carolina in the 1957 National Championship game that was held at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
Graduating Wyandotte Class Years & Players Who Played At KU.
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Class of 1923 – Herbert Proudfit
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Class of 1923 – Harold Zuber
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Class of 1923 – Harold Schmidt
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Class of 1930 – Paul Harrington
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Class of 1933 – Roy Holliday
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Class of 1940 – Ray Evans
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Class of 1943 – Owen Peck
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Class of 1953 – Harry Jett … *1957 Final Four
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Class of 1955 – Monte Johnson … *1957 Final Four
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Class of 1956 – Al Donaghue … *1957 Final Four
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Class of 1959 – Nolen Ellison
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Class of 1960 – Harry Gibson
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Class of 1961 – Wayne Loving
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Class of 1961 – Ron Shanks
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Class of 1962 – Steve Renko
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Class of 1964 – George Yarnevich
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Class of 1967 – Pierre Russell … *1971 Final Four
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Class of 1968 – David Nichols (Football)
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Class of 1970 – Glenn Russell … *1971 Final Four
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Class of 1982 – Calvin Thompson … *1986 Final Four
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Class of 1985 – Willie Vaughn (Football)

