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- IDNO:
- 050848
- Title:
- Jerry West and High School Basketball Team with Championship Trophy, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- Jerry West, pictured holding the trophy, poses with his East Bank High School basketball team after winning the state championship. West led his team as the 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.West was born in Cheylan, W. Va. in 1938. After high school, he went on to play basketball for West Virginia University and then rose to fame as a player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA before becoming a basketball coach and manager.
- IDNO:
- 050849
- Title:
- A Crowd Celebrating East Bank High School Basketball Team's Championship Win, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- A crowd celebrates the victory in front of the East Bank High School building. Jerry West is pictured in a striped shirt, standing beside a boy holding the trophy on the left of the photograph.West led the East Bank High School basketball team to its first ever West Virginia 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.West was born in Cheylan, W. Va. in 1938. After high school, he went on to play basketball for West Virginia University and then rose to fame as a player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA before becoming a basketball coach and manager.
- IDNO:
- 050850
- Title:
- State Championship Victory Celebration at East Bank High School, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- A crowd celebrates the victory in front of East Bank High School.Jerry West led the East Bank High School basketball team to its first ever West Virginia 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.West was born in Cheylan, W. Va. in 1938. After high school, he went on to play basketball for West Virginia University and then rose to fame as a player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA before becoming a basketball coach and manager.
- IDNO:
- 050851
- Title:
- Gary Stover and Bob Green Present the Championship Game Ball, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- Stover and Green pose with the game ball after securing the state championship victory.Jerry West led the East Bank High School basketball team to its first ever West Virginia 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.West was born in Cheylan, W. Va. in 1938. After high school, he went on to play basketball for West Virginia University and then rose to fame as a player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA before becoming a basketball coach and manager.
- IDNO:
- 050852
- Title:
- Wilhelmina Williams Getting into the New Car Bought by Fans, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956/04/20
- Description:
- Williams holds up the keys to a brand new Chevy station-wagon, which was bought for basketball coach Roy Williams and his family by the East Bank High School fans.Jerry West led the East Bank High School basketball team to its first ever West Virginia state championship title in 1956.
- IDNO:
- 050853
- Title:
- Wilhelmina Williams and Friends Before Basketball Championship Game, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956-04
- Description:
- The group poses for a photograph before being welcomed into the game, where Jerry West led the East Bank High School basketball team to its first ever West Virginia state championship title.Pictured from left to right is son of Ethel and Ivan Rose, Ethel Rose, Ivan Rose, and Wilhelmina Williams, wife to East Bank High School basketball coach Roy Williams.
- IDNO:
- 050854
- Title:
- Coach Roy Williams Addresses Crowd during Celebration of Championship Win, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- Roy Williams speaks to a crowd in front of the East Bank High School building after the East Bank High School basketball team won its first ever state championship title.Jerry West led the East Bank High School basketball team to victory as its 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:
- 050855
- Title:
- Celebration for East Bank High School State Champions, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956
- Description:
- Band members play to celebrate the East Bank High School basketball team winning its first ever state championship title. Young Clinton Jeffreys, mascot for the East Bank High School band, blows a horn to celebrate the homecoming of the State Basktball Champions.
- IDNO:
- 050856
- Title:
- Coach Roy E. Williams and Jerry West, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1952-1960
- Description:
- Jerry West, right, shakes hands with Coach Williams, left.West led the East Bank High School basketball team to its first ever state championship victory as its 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.West was born in Cheylan, W. Va. in 1938. After high school, he went on to play basketball for West Virginia University and then rose to fame as a player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA before becoming a basketball coach and manager.
- IDNO:
- 050858
- Title:
- Jerry West, No. 42 Jumps to Make a Basket During a High School Game
- Date:
- ca. 1953-1956
- Description:
- Jerry West led the East Bank High School basketball team to its first ever state championship victory as its 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.West was born in Cheylan, W. Va. in 1938. After high school, he went on to play basketball for West Virginia University and then rose to fame as a player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA before becoming a basketball coach and manager.
- IDNO:
- 050926
- Title:
- Children Celebrate Homecoming of the State Basketball Champions, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1956/03/25
- Description:
- Clinton Jeffreys, mascot for the East Bank High School band, blows a horn to celebrate the homecoming of the State Basktball Champion, East Bank High School, as Susie Williams, age 8, cheers behind him.
- IDNO:
- 050927
- Title:
- Jerry West and Senior Senate at East Bank High School, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1956
- Description:
- Portrait of the East Bank High School Senior Senate
