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07-13-2021, 08:46 AM
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Rosie, Brooklyn kid makes good!
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07-13-2021, 09:07 AM
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Liked reading the article but how can the author not mention Roger Brown as one of the best (if not THE best) hoopster to ever come out of Brooklyn?
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07-13-2021, 09:47 AM
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I think the writer is the same Andy Furman who was on WLW. He's a Brooklyn guy to the core. Really nice tip of the hat to Rosie.
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07-13-2021, 02:06 PM
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Not to sound blasphemous, but the players motioned, Cunningham. Hawkins, King had very good Pro careers. Velvet was an outstanding college player, but was a tweener and never made it as an NBA player. Not taking away from. I enjoyed his great career, but he was not in the same league as those three.
I'm glad he came to Dayton.
FYI. Bernard King considered Dayton, but they rejected him because of academics, so he went to Tennessee. This word was from the assistant who recruited him and Velvet. Too bad. Today, UD would have offered King the services of Beth Flach and staff to help him more academically. UD was slow with academic assistance to colleges athletes.
And I never saw Roger Brown play, but heard all the stories.
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07-13-2021, 04:57 PM
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Hyde Park Flyer, I was always wondering what happened to "Furball" Furman. Now I know. I confirmed that it is him through Google.
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07-13-2021, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill McPeek
Liked reading the article but how can the author not mention Roger Brown as one of the best (if not THE best) hoopster to ever come out of Brooklyn?
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I saw every game Roger Brown played as a freshman at UD (including the Sunday afternoon games at the fairgrounds coliseum) and he was without a doubt the BEST basketball player to ever wear a UD uniform. I can't comment on whether he was the best to ever come out of Brooklyn.
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07-13-2021, 08:41 PM
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As a contemporary of Roosevelt Chapman (we both started at UD in 1980, and ended in 1984), I can say conclusively that he was the greatest player I ever saw in-person. I was even blessed to be courtside for that shot he made OVER 7’0” Christian Welp of the Washington Huskies, as a member of the Flyer Pep Band, in the 1984 Sweet Sixteen. A great player, and a great guy.
Also, the “unidentified” players from that photo at the head of the article? As any Flyer knows, UD #30 was Ed Young and UD #11 was Larry Schellenberg. The unnamed Washington Husky, #22, was none other than longtime NBA standout Detlef Schrempf.
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07-13-2021, 09:14 PM
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Schelly to Chapman to Young! I charged the floor after that game! Also saw Roger Brown play at the Fairgrounds Coliseum. He was unbelievable.
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07-13-2021, 09:56 PM
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Nice article.
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07-14-2021, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Hyde Park Flyer
I think the writer is the same Andy Furman who was on WLW. He's a Brooklyn guy to the core. Really nice tip of the hat to Rosie.
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Andy does a national show of Fox sports radio, It might just be on weekends I stumbled across him on WONE 980 a few times.
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