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All posts tagged "coronavirus"
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Craig Drezek, a Connecticut educator, after being a basketball star in high school and college, was only 49 when coronavirus took his life
By Joel Alderman Craig Drezek, who died of covid-19 last June, was a prominent Connecticut educator, who...
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David “Smokey” Gaines, a college player in the mid-1960s and a pioneering African American coach, contracted coronavirus while he was dying of cancer
By Joel Alderman Another pandemic related fatality in the basketball community occurred early this month. Although the...
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Lives lost of former college basketball players diagnosed with coronavirus
Below is a list of former college basketball players who have died from the coronavirus in 2020....
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Indiana basketball lost a legend when 87-year old Ed Siegel died from Covid-19
The state of Indiana lost a high-caliber college basketball player of another era, later to become a...
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Marty Derer, who played at Rutgers-Camden, died of coronavirus less than two months after this beloved referee worked his last game
By Joel Alderman In our series on former college basketball players who have died in the coronavirus...
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Matt Gras of Siena, yet another former college star whose coronavirus passing is mourned by many
By: Joel Alderman The word “star” is often used in sports reporting rather generously, but in the...
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Ted Vartelas, native of Connecticut who played basketball for UConn, has succumbed to coronavirus
By Joel Alderman Ted Vartelas of Ansonia, CT lived much longer than the other former college basketball...