Kentucky Basketball Great Cliff Hagan Dies at 94

Cliff Hagan, a University of Kentucky basketball legend and Hall of Famer, has died at 94. The Owensboro native helped Kentucky win the 1951 NCAA championship and was part of its undefeated 1954 team, earning two consensus All-American selections. He went on to become a five-time NBA All-Star and won the 1958 championship with the St. Louis Hawks before playing and coaching in the ABA. Hagan later served as Kentucky’s athletics director from 1974 to 1989 and was the first former Wildcat inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He also helped establish the Cliff Hagan Boys & Girls Club in Owensboro.