King of the Bluegrass
Very few states love their hometown heroes like Kentuckians. They build online shrines commemorating the people and their stats. They boast one of the country’s most active online community, called aptly enough, Wildcat Faithful. They build charts and tables of stats and… ok, enough about me.
It’s an undisputed fact that in Kentucky basketball is king. So who’s the king of Kentucky basketball? Ever heard the name, King Kelly Coleman? I didn’t think so. Neither had I.
In Texas it’s football, Minnesota is hockey, but Kentucky is basketball and no one made a bigger impact on high school basketball than King Kelly Coleman. Check out these stats:
All-time Kentucky High School leading scorer with 4,263 (33.57 ppg, 46.8 in his senior year)
Record 185 points in 1956 KY State Tournament (46.25 ppg)
Record 68 points in single Tournament game
Record 28 rebounds in single Tournament game
Record 75 points in a single game
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All this was before the 3-point shot. Amazing. There’s a book coming out in August called, King Kelly Coleman, A Kentucky Basketball Legend. Oh that we had video footage of his accomplishments.
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Would like to know where I can buy the book, and yes I’ve heard of Kelly Coleman. Watched him play basketball. He is the King…..
Don’t think the book is out yet unfortunately. My searches haven’t turned up anything yet.
He also set these records back when they only stopped the clock to shoot free throws.Making the game about 2-3 minutes faster than it is today.And still nobody can beat his records.
i grew up in Lex-played at Lex Cath. watched King Kong Kelly in the tourn.scoring machine like never seen before. Wayland did not win C_Ship. rumor was that Kelly had a party problem. another player was assigned to watch over him-but failed in his assignment. who knows?
I’d love to see that guy on videotape!