Search Results
- IDNO:
- 050513
- Title:
- Roy Akers of the East Bank High School Basketball Team, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- Akers was a teammate of Jerry West during his high school basketball career.The 1956 team secured the first ever state championship title for East Bank High School's basketball team.
- IDNO:
- 050514
- Title:
- Jack Pauley of the East Bank High School Basketball Team, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- Pauley was a teammate of Jerry West during his high school basketball career.The 1956 team secured the first ever state championship title for East Bank High School's basketball team.
- IDNO:
- 050515
- Title:
- Gifford Basham of the East Bank High School Basketball Team, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- Basham was a teammate of Jerry West during his high school basketball career.The 1956 team secured the first ever state championship title for East Bank High School's basketball team.
- IDNO:
- 050518
- Title:
- East Bank High School Basketball Players at Practice, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- Leonord Greer, left, and Robert Buckley, right, are pictured during a drill at practice. The boys were teammates of Jerry West during his high school basketball career.The 1956 basketball team secured the first ever state championship title for the high school.
- IDNO:
- 050519
- Title:
- East Bank High School Basketball Team Portrait, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1954-1955
- Description:
- Front row, from left to right: Jerry West, Robert Green, Jim Dolen, Rodney Buckley, and Jack Ellis.Second row, from left to right: Jack Landers, Larry Moore, Robert Buckley, Ronald Fisher, and Joe Chrest.Third row, from left to right: Coach Roy E. Williams, Lincoln Lincous, Garry Stover, and team manager Bill Molner.West was the team's starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.
- IDNO:
- 050524
- Title:
- East Bank High School Championship Basketball Team, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- A portrait of the team, coached by Roy E. Williams. Jerry West is pictured in the center holding the trophy. The 1956 team secured the first ever state championship title for East Bank High School's basketball team.West was the team's starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.
- IDNO:
- 050530
- Title:
- Portrait of Jerry West, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- West is pictured throwing a basketball through the basket nonchalantly. He was East Bank High School's small starting forward.West was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season
- IDNO:
- 050534
- Title:
- Jerry West During a Ceremony to Rename East Bank High School's Gym After Him, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1987/03
- Description:
- West poses with his fourth grade teacher, Wilhelmina Johnson, during the ceremony to rename the high school's gym the "Jerry West Gymnasium."
- IDNO:
- 050535
- Title:
- Jerry West Holds the Basketball State Championship Trophy, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- West played as East Bank High School's small starting forward. He led his team to secure its first ever state championship title.He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.
- IDNO:
- 050545
- Title:
- Portrait of Jerry West in His East Bank High School Basketball Uniform, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1952-1956
- Description:
- West played as the team's starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.He would go on to play for West Virginia University from 1956-1960, and then for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1960-1974.
- IDNO:
- 050548
- Title:
- Jerry West Holding the State Basketball Championship Trophy, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- West lead the East Bank High School basketball team to secure it's first ever state championship title as the team's starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.He went on to play for West Virginia University from 1956-1960 and then for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1960-1974.
- IDNO:
- 050843
- Title:
- East Bank High School Basketball Team, Kanawha County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1952-1956
- Description:
- Coach Roy Williams is in the back row. Jerry West is wearing jersey number 12 and is seated in the front row.