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Help out Dave Reynolds

tornado

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Dave Reynolds tweets that he is trying to put together a list of all Peoria area D-I players...

http://blogs.pjstar.com/pressrow/20...a-area/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

see if anyone can come up with more additions to his list
Here are mine just off the top of my head


Trey Kellum was at FAMU
http://www.famuathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=25300&ATCLID=205717483

Bobo Drummond was also at Wright State
http://www.wsuraiders.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27000&ATCLID=205438756

Shang Ping - Nebraska

Washington's Doug Lee - Purdue

then these guys were walk ons..
Jim Vershaw - Bradley
Ryan Phillips - Bradley
Mason Alwan - Bradley

and if you go way back then Bradley had tons of kids from the local high schools
 
Orion's Tanner Williams - Loyola
Metamora's Kyle Heck & Zeke Schneider both went to SIUE - http://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/2012-13/roster
Lincoln's Jordan Nelson played at Evansville
Fieldcrest's Taylor Baxter went to North Dakota State in 2010
Lewistown's Nathan Koster went to Evansville in 2002
and Lewistown's Zane Beekman played for Sacramento State in 2004-2006 - http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/players/38768/

It was Todd Peterson from Pekin that went to NIU not Todd
and Pekin's Matt Moran went to Northwestern & Bradley

are we counting Bloomington? - Bocot, Hoerdemann, Nick Norton, Bates-Diop, Dunson, Kiel Turpin, etc...
or Galesburg - Joey Range..?
 
yes - he has Stuckey listed 1988
he does not list Ken Sydnor - where he he play?

VIT's Mark Dohner?
Putnam Co.'s Carlton Fay
Brimfield's Eddie Mathews
Morton's Kevin Bontemps
Altenberger, Holcombe, Smith, then BU's Al Smith, Alvin O'Neal ..
 
tornado said:
yes - he has Stuckey listed 1988
he does not list Ken Sydnor - where he he play?

VIT's Mark Dohner?
Putnam Co.'s Carlton Fay
Brimfield's Eddie Mathews
Morton's Kevin Bontemps
Altenberger, Holcombe, Smith, then BU's Al Smith, Alvin O'Neal ..
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He only starts at 1984, and i think some of you might be expanding "immediate Peoria area" a tad more than Dave is looking for. I don't know if Sydnor played ball or not.
 
well Dave lists kids from Morton, Washington, Eureka, and even 35 miles out in Canton - so he's definitely going out of Peoria..
but he does mention 1984 as a time limit...

here are some ICC kids

Breland Mcknight - N. Kentucky
Wendell Mardis - Alabama State
Billy Baptist - Chicago State
Roger Phegley
Manual's Marlon Brooks -1996- played at DePaul
Manual's Ivan Watson & Willie Coleman I believe played at WIU (1995) where Clint Ford played
 
How bout Ron Wendelin and Dave Golden at Duke. David Booth at DePaul. Mike Robinson and Mike Jr. Kenny Drummond at NC State. Think he played for Jimmy V. One or both of the Prudoes twins played in the Carolinas. Scott Beherends BU and Tenn. Chatt.
Tom Wilson ,Dave Klobucher, Bob Swigres (Sp), Danny Adams, Aaron Zobrist, Dave Downey, Hiles Stout. I'll probably think of some more but gotta go to supper with the grandkids.
 
Dave Reynolds has his list updated - pretty good job, I am impressed...some obscure names...
http://blogs.pjstar.com/pressrow/2014/07/31/need-help-on-d-i-players-from-peoria-area/


I'll add a couple more name but not sure if they count -

Bill Braksick - Flanagan - ISU 1984

Matt Taphorn - Pekin - ISU- 1985

Pat Taphorn - UW-Green Bay '84

a kid from tiny Lovington, near Decatur ended up at Wake Forest
www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=26

are we not counting Lincoln (Nelson, Cook..) but are counting Galesburg?
 
Spalding Institute

Spalding Institute

TNel said:
Joe Vogele. Spalding 1957
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Joe Voegele played at Bradley

His father, also a Spalding grad, started for Notre Dame (1931-34)

Marty Peters (Spalding Institute) overlapped with the senior Voegele on an Irish squad and was captain of the Notre Dame team that was named Helms National Champs in 1936-before the days of the NCAA tourney

Peters was also a starting end on the Irish football team

other Spalding Institute players:

John McCarthy at Notre Dame 1927-31
Bob Swigris at Bradley(mentioned in an earlier post)
John Irving-Western Illinois
Alvin O'Neal- Illinois and then Morgan St where he combined with Marvin 'the Eraser' Webster for a National Championship(NAIA?)
Lamonia Barksdale-Bradley(flunked out frosh yr)
Ken Wolbeck-Notre Dame

my favorite Manual player has yet to be mentioned:

Eddie Jackson- Bradley Braves NIT champ '64

Rhea Taylor was a Parade HS AA from Peoria Central in the '60s
 
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Joe Vogele was a couple years behind me at St. Joseph's grade school, but he still started on our team when I was in the 8th grade. Knew he was a special player.
 
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