Page 27 - The History of Lafayette Area Boys Basketball

Pete Vaughan

High School: Crawfordsville (1908) College: Notre Dame Induction: 1966
1. 4-sport athlete @ Crawfordsville.
2. Played basketball & football @ Notre Dame & Princeton. 3-time All-American in
Football.
3. Head Men’s Basketball Coach @ Purdue.
4. Coached basketball, football, & Track @ Wabash, while also serving as the school’s
Athletic Director.

Ralph Vaughn

High School: Frankfort (1936) College: Southern California (1940) Induction: 1976
1. High-scoring member of Frankfort’s 1936 state championship team.
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2. Selected 1 team All-State in 1935 & 1936.
3. Led North Central Conference in scoring in 1935 & 1936
4. 2-time All-American at University of Southern California.
5. 3-time All-Pacific Coast Conference.
6. Led Pacific Coast Conference in scoring in 1939.
7. Named to All-Madison Square Garden team in 1940.
8. Featured by Life Magazine in 1940 as the “best college player” in the country.

Jeff Washburn

High School: Lafayette Jeff (1972) College: Purdue (1976) Induction: 2011
1. Long-time sportswriter for the Lafayette Journal & Courier, beginning in the early
1970s while student @ Lafayette Jeff.
2. Named 1991 Indiana Sportswriter of the Year
3. Published author: “Tales of Indiana High School Basketball” (2004) & “Gene
Keady: The Truth & Nothing But the Truth.”
4. Purdue Men’s Basketball beat writer.

Howard Williams

High School: New Ross (1945) College: Purdue (1950) Induction: 1989
1. 4-year starter for the New Ross Blue Jays & later played 4-years of basketball for
The Purdue Boilermakers.
2. Member of the USA Men’s Basketball Team that won a Gold Medal in the 1952
Helsinki Olympics.

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