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How are Dale Brown and Wayne Estes connected
Posted on 1/25/15 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 1/25/15 at 1:46 pm
How are Dale Brown and Wayne Estes connected?
Posted on 1/25/15 at 3:48 pm to tigersbb
Brown coached Estes at Utah St.
Posted on 1/25/15 at 4:52 pm to RedFoxx
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Brown coached Estes at Utah St.
Yes, Why did Estes never play in the NBA despite being projected as a first round draft pick after scoring over 2,000 points in his career?
Posted on 1/25/15 at 4:54 pm to betheone
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Tragic death.
True. Circumstances?
Posted on 1/25/15 at 4:55 pm to tigersbb
Electrocuted. Don't remember all the details. Read about it before.
Posted on 1/25/15 at 5:06 pm to betheone
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On the night of February 8, 1965, Wayne Estes played the last game of his college career. During his last game against the University of Denver in the Nelson Field House, Wayne eclipsed the 2,000 point mark of his career scoring 48 points in the game.
Bounce pass to Estes. Puts the ball behind his back. Turns and looks out front to Hal Hale…(Estes) looks at his defense, pushes, and it's…in! Oh, great! Wayne Estes has now scored two-thousand points in a three-year career.
—Play-by-play announcer Reid Andreasen, KVNU Radio, Feb. 8, 1965
After the game Wayne and some friends stopped at the scene of a car accident near campus. While crossing the street, Wayne brushed against a downed high power line and was fatally electrocuted. Wayne Estes would have likely been a high draft pick in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1965. The Los Angeles Lakers had intended to draft him in the first round.[1] Estes was posthumously given All-American honors by the Associated Press and also earned a posthumous consensus Second Team All-American distinction. Wayne is buried in the Sunset Memorial cemetery near Fairmont, Montana just southeast of Anaconda.
Posted on 1/25/15 at 5:08 pm to betheone
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Electrocuted. Don't remember all the details. Read about it before.
correct. Following the game when he scored his 2,000th point he and teammates drove up to an accident scene. They went to assist and he walked into a live hanging power line which touched his head and electrocuted him. The height which enabled him to star in basketball lead to his death as he would have safely walked under the wire if he was a couple inches shorter.
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