Honored Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players

Forty-two former Kentucky men's basketball players, coaches, and contributors are honored in Rupp Arena with banners representing their numbers hung from the rafters. With the streamlining of jersey numbers by the NCAA, the jerseys are retired but the numbers remain active.

Criteria

To have a banner hung, the person must be elected to the UK Athletics Hall of Fame. There is a five-year waiting period, after leaving UK, to be eligible for inclusion into the Hall of Fame, and a 10-year waiting period to have a jersey retired. An individual must be a member of the Hall of Fame to be eligible for jersey retirement.

A committee consisting of Hall of Famers, media members, campus representatives and current coaches and administrators will elect new inductees each year. Those names will be announced at the annual Catspy Awards in April, with induction at a football game the following fall. A subcommittee will consider possible jersey retirements.

Honored players

No.NameYearsNote
22Cliff Barker1947–491948 NCAA Champion, 1949 NCAA Champion, One of the Fabulous Five
12Ralph Beard1946–491948 NCAA Champion, 1949 NCAA Champion, One of the Fabulous Five
22Jerry Bird1954–56
50Bob Burrow1955–561956 Second Team All-America
56Burgess Carey1925–26
24Johnny Cox1957–591958 NCAA Champion, 1959 First Team All-America
10Louie Dampier1965–671967 Second Team All-America
7John DeMoisey1932–34
00Tony Delk1993–961996 NCAA Champion, 1996 First Team All-America, 1996 SEC Player of the Year, 1996 NCAA Tournament M.O.P.
42Bill Evans1952–55
32Richie Farmer1989–92One of the Unforgettables
12Deron Feldhaus1989–92One of the Unforgettables
21Jack Givens1975–781978 NCAA Champion, 1978 Second Team All-America, 1978 SEC Player of the Year, 1978 NCAA Tournament M.O.P.
44Phil Grawemeyer1954–56
15Alex Groza1945–491948 NCAA Champion, 1949 NCAA Champion, One of the Fabulous Five
35Kevin Grevey1973–751975 First Team All-America, 1973 and 1975 SEC Player of the Year
Joe B. Hall1973–851978 National Championship Head Coach
6Cliff Hagan1951–541951 NCAA Champion, 1952 First Team All-America, 1954 First Team All-America
52Vernon Hatton1956–581958 NCAA Champion
Basil Hayden1920–22
44Dan Issel1968–70UK All-time leading scorer, 1970 First Team All-America
27Wallace Jones1946–491948 NCAA Champion, 1949 NCAA Champion, One of the Fabulous Five
Bill Keightley1962–2008Mr. Wildcat, Equipment Manager
Cawood Ledford1953–92Voice of the Wildcats
4Kyle Macy1978–801978 NCAA Champion, 1980 First Team All-America, 1980 SEC Player of the Year
44Cotton Nash1962–641964 First Team All-America
24Jamal Mashburn1991–931993 First Team All-America, 1993 SEC Player of the Year
34John Pelphrey1989–92One of the Unforgettables
Rick Pitino1990–971996 National Championship Head Coach
30Frank Ramsey1951–541951 NCAA Champion, 1954 Second Team All-America
26Kenny Rallins1943–481948 NCAA Champion
42Pat Riley1965–671966 First Team All-America, 1966 SEC Player of the Year
53Rick Robey1975–781978 NCAA Champion, 1978 Second Team All-America
4Layton Rouse1938–40
Adolph Rupp1931–721948, 1949, 1951, 1958 National Championship Head Coach
Forest Sale1931–33
Carey Spicer1929–31
77Bill Spivey1950–511951 NCAA Champion, 1951 First Team All-America
20Gayle Rose1953–55
16Lou Tsioropoulos1951–541951 NCAA Champion
34Kenny Walker1983–861986 First Team All-America, 1985–86 SEC Player of the Year
11Sean Woods1990–92One of the Unforgettables

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