P R I D E O F M O N TA N A BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME Editor’s Note: Montana’s Basketball, Football and Track and Field Hall of Fames have all been replaced with the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame, inaugurated in the fall of 1993. Members of the Basketball Hall of Fame who have been inducted into the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame include: Harry Adams, Bob Cope, George “Jiggs” Dahlberg, Naseby Rhinehart, Larry Krystkowiak, and Russell Sweet, all inducted in 1993. Bob O’Billovich was inducted in 1994, and Micheal Ray Richardson and Robin Selvig were both inducted in 2001.
Inducted February 15, 1951
Name Roy McPhail Arthuar Bishop Ray Hamilton Edwin Cummins Ernest Prescott William Larkin George Dahlberg Edward Illman Sam Kain Edward Chinske Billy LeRoy Rohlffs William Lazetich Bernard Ryan William DeGroot
Inducted March 1, 1955
Louis Rocheleau Richard Carstensen Robert Cope Ed Wenger
Inducted April 1, 1957
John Eaheart Harold Sherbeck Robert Sparks Edward Anderson Fred Whistler
Years Played 1905-1908 1907-1909 1907-1909 1913-1916 1914; 1916; 1918 1917-1918; 1920-1921 1923-1925 1924-1926 1926-1928 1928-1930 1929-1931 1937-1939 1938-1940 1940-1942
Hometown New Chicago, Mont. Missoula, Mont. Missoula, Mont. Helena, Mont. Missoula, Mont. Red Lodge, Mont. Butte, Mont. Missoula, Mont. Helena, Mont. Michigan City, Ind. Salem, S.D. Anaconda, Mont. Billings, Mont. Livingston, Mont
1946-1949 1947-1950 1947-1950 1906-1908
Missoula, Mont. Helena, Mont. Missoula, Mont. Anaconda, Mont.
1948-1950 1951-1952 1950-1952 1951-1954 1912-1913
Missoula, Mont. Big Sandy, Mont. Missoula, Mont. Missoula, Mont. Missoula, Mont.
Inducted November 27, 1967
Rudolph Rhoades Russell Sheriff Daniel Balko Robert O’Billovich Charles Burgess
1955-1957 1956-1958 1958-1960 1960-1962 1941-1943
Inducted January 28, 1971
Charles G. Miller Dave Gustafson
1936-1938 1968-1970
Inducted February 24, 1979
Timothy Aldrich Raymond Lucien
1962-1964 1961-1963
Inducted February 16, 1980
Allan Nielsen Ray Howard Jim Powell Dan Sullivan
1976-1979 1954-1957 1957-1959 1960-1962
Inducted January 24, 1981
Naseby Rhinehart Sr. Rae Greene Charles Moses
1933-1935 1939-1941 1946-1948
Kalispell, Mont. Helena, Mont. Great Falls, Mont. Butte, Mont. Dillon, Mont.
Inducted January 24, 1981
Name John Creek Charles Davis Edward Argenbright Bill “Biff ” Hall Eric Hays Steve Lowry
Inducted February 27, 1982
Ken McKenzie Mike Murray
Jim Graham Robin “Bo” Selvig
Westby, Mont. Helena, Mont. Missoula, Mont. Butte, Mont.
Ben DeMers
1973-1976
Inducted February 23, 1985 M. R. Richardson
Inducted Sept. 3, 1993
Harry Adams Bob Cope Geo. “Jiggs” Dahlberg Head Basketball Coach Will. “Wild Bill” Kelly Larry Krystkowiak Naseby Rhinehart, Sr. Russell Sweet
Inducted Nov. 3, 1995 Bob O’Billovich
Jack Swarthout
Inducted Oct. 26, 1996 Inducted Feb. 9, 2001
Michael Ray Richardson Robin Selvig
Inducted Oct. 21, 2005
Derrick Pope Hal Sherbeck
Inducted Nov. 12, 2010 Milwaukee, Wisc. Chicago, Ill. Midwest, Wyo.
1946-1949 1971-1974
Inducted February 14, 1984
Jud Heathcote (Coach) Missoula, Mont. Baton Rouge, La.
1972-1975 1972-1973
Inducted February 19, 1983
Inducted Sept. 2, 1994 Anaconda, Mont. Vaughn, Mont.
Years Played 1946-1948 1947; 1952-1953 1954-1956 1939-1941 1973-1975 1961-1963
Basketball Team Ed Anderson
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Hometown Dillon, Mont. Dillon, Mont. Cut Bank, Mont. Sioux Falls, S.D. Junction City, Ore. Red Lodge, Mont.
Port Coquitlam, B.C. Seattle, Wash.
Columbus, Mont. Outlook, Mont.
Missoula, Mont.
1975-1978
Denver, Colo.
1915-16; 1919-20 1946-50 1921-25; 1937-42 and 1944-55 1924-26 1983-86 1932-35 1924-26
Aberdeen, Wash. Missoula, Mont. Butte, Mont. Missoula, Mont. Missoula, Mont. Milwaukee, Wisc. Miles City, Mont.
1959-62
Butte, Mont.
1939-41
Prosser, Wash.
1971-76
Spokane, Wash.
1974-78 1970-74
Denver, Colo. Outlook, Mont.
1980-83 1950-51
Aurora, Colo. Big Sandy, Mont.
1974-75 1951-54
Missoula, Mont.