Page 9 - The History of Lafayette Area Boys Basketball

Joe Dienhart

High School: Lafayette Jeff (1922) College: Notre Dame (1935) Induction: 1971
5. Stand-out basketball & football player @ Lafayette Jeff.
6. Helped lead the Bronchos to a 1920 State Runner-up finish.
7. Served as basketball & football coach @ Cathedral. Won 5 State Catholic
championships in basketball & won the 1933 National Catholic Football
championship.
8. Coached baseball, basketball, & football @ St. Joseph’s College, before going to
Purdue as an assistant coach for Piggy Lambert & Ray Eddy.
9. 24 years as Assistant Athletic Director @ Purdue.

Marty Echelbarger

High School: Muncie Central (1963) College: Hanover (1967) Induction: 2018
1. Head Coach of the Frankfort Hot Dogs from 1990-2001 compiling a record of 164-92.
a. Won 6 Sectional titles & 6 Sagamore Conference titles at Frankfort.
b. 1994-95 team participated in the Marsh Hall of Fame Classic.
2. Won 452 games during a 35-year coaching career that included stops at
Southwestern (Shelby), Owen Valley, Brebeuf Jesuit, Princeton, Frankfort, &
Heritage Hills.
a. Overall: Won 9 Sectional, 14 conference, 2 Marion County Tournament,
7 county/holiday tournament championships, & had 20-win
seasons at four different schools.
b. Coached 4 Indiana All-Stars.
c. Marion County Coach-of-the-Year, Journal & Courier Area Coach-of-the-
Year, IBCA District III Coach-of-the-Year, & the 2004 Junior All-Star
Coach.
3. Member of 1963 Muncie Central State Championship team (29-1 record).
4. Played college basketball at Hanover Collier for Hall of Fame member John Collier.

Ed Elliott

High School: Lafayette Jeff (1932) College: Purdue (1936) Induction: 1987
1. 4-sport lettermen for Lafayette Jeff, leading the Bronchos to Sectional titles in 1930,
1931, & 1932.
2. 3-year Varsity lettermen @ Purdue, helping the Boilermakers win 3 consecutive Big
Ten championships.
3. Named All-Big Ten in 1936.

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