Shue was an excellent NBA guard for 10 seasons in the 50's & 60's. Then spent 22 Years coaching in the NBA. RIP Gene.
Gene Shue passed away
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We need an obituary board for people who died that most people don't know or care about.
Shue and Tom Young were teammates at Maryland during the 1952-53 season.
R.I.P.
Keep the obits comin'. Those of us who are lifelong sports fans appreciate them.
R.I.P.
Keep the obits comin'. Those of us who are lifelong sports fans appreciate them.
That's a great connection. You scooped @Source !
Interesting from his Wikipedia page (talk about sticking it out and waiting for good things to happen!):
"Shue did not receive a scholarship and instead worked odd jobs, including cleaning the basketball court (only receiving a scholarship his senior season)."
In his tenure with Maryland, Shue and Millikan led the school's team to new heights, including their first 20-plus win regular season (23 his senior year), their first appearance in national rankings (peaked at #13 in 1954), and entrance into the Atlantic Coast Conference.[10]
Shue left Maryland as its star player[11] and their first high-profile NBA prospect. He broke all of the school scoring records and made the All-ACC team.
Don't read them. If you do, God forbid, you might learn something.
Loughery/Monroe/Marin/Johnson/Unseld vs. Barnett/Frazier/Bradley/DeBusschere/Reed...on the radio....Marv on the play-by-play (?). Good times. RIP Gene!
I remember Gene Shue as one of the Piston stars along with Bailey Howell and Walter Dukes
RIP Mr Shue
RIP Mr Shue
When I was in high school in the late 70s/early 80s, I attended dozens of Nets games at the RAC. It wasn't unusual to see RU players and coaches at the games. I remember being at a Nets/San Diego Clippers game. Shue was the coach. Young and Shue were talking at length before a game. When Young stepped away, I asked Shue how he knew Coach Young. His response, "We played together in college long before you were born!"
Mike, wasn't it you who said that your Dad had been an ironworker? If so, & if he is still with us, please give him my best from an old broken down former ironworker.
Gene Shue was an NBA star when I was a kid. May he RIP. Little by little most of the older NBA stars are passing away. THe league only had 8 teams in the late 50's and I knew every player on every team at that time.
While I was a manager at RU and the Nets played there, I was paid $25 a day by the Nets trainer, Fritz Massman(what a character) most days to just use my key to the RAC and let the Nets in.
Also, because there was no place to buy coffee anywhere close to the RAC, both Gene Shue and Bill Raftery gave me a $20 bill(different times) to go to Dunkin Donuts and buy them a coffee. Both of them said to keep the change.......
Best of Luck,
Groz
I can vouch for Massman being a character. I dealt with him when I interned for the Nets in 1986.
Sorry to hear that Mike. Something about the trade; once an ironworker always an ironworker. Best to you.