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The Franklin Wonder Five was a 1920s basketball team from Indiana's "Hoosier Hysteria" era. With basketball king in Indiana, the team from Franklin was dubbed the "Wonder Five". This small town about 20 miles south of Indianapolis produced a team that captured the Indiana State Basketball Championship three years in succession, 1920–1922.
The tournament has often featured future NCAA and National Basketball Association (NBA) players. The Milan Miracle team in the 1953–54 season inspired the 1986 movie Hoosiers . In the early 1920s, the tournament was dominated by the Franklin Wonder Five , who won three consecutive state championships, followed by a college championship at ...
2x Indiana High School Boys Basketball Tournament championship (1930, 1938) Burl Rush Friddle (May 27, 1900 – October 11, 1978) was an American basketball player and coach. He was a member of the Franklin Wonder Five that won the Indiana high school boys basketball championship and went undefeated during the 1922–23 college basketball season.
Hoosier hysteria is the state of excitement surrounding basketball in Indiana or, more specifically, the Indiana high school basketball tournament. [1] [2] The most famous example occurred in 1954, when Milan (enrollment 161) defeated Muncie Central (enrollment over 1,600) to win the state title.
Greece Athena's starting five after winning an instant classic Section V boys basketball game, 65-58, at East High on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024 in Rochester: Left to right: I'zayah Reaves, Khorie ...
The Mike Lee Holiday Basketball Bash in Farmington is one of the largest holiday basketball tournaments in New England. This year's event kicks off Tuesday and features 24 teams (14 boys and 10 ...
Robert P. "Fuzzy" Vandivier (December 26, 1903 – July 30, 1983) was an American high school and collegiate basketball player during the 1920s. [1]At Franklin High School he led a squad nicknamed "Franklin Wonder Five", a team that compiled an 89–9 record, won three state championships (1920, 1921, 1922) and is considered the greatest Indiana High School team of all time.
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