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In the front row, from left to right, is Elgin Baylor, George Mikan, Coach Alex Hannum, Lou Hudson, and Dolph Schayes.In the back row, from left to right, is David Bing, Jerry West, Hal Greer, Rick Barry, Connie Hawkins, Earl Monroe, Bob Pettit and Johnny 'Red' Kerr.

50557. Jerry West's Team at the NBA 'Old-Timers' Game

Portrait of the basketball star Jerry West, who played for West Virginia University from 1956-1960 and the Los Angeles Lakers from 1960-1974. In 1960, West played on the United States Olympic basketball team.

50558. Portrait of Jerry West

Kittie Blakemore was first coach of the West Virginia University's women's basketball team. Hired by A. D. Leland Byrd in 1973,  Blakemore compiled a 301-214 record over 19 seasons which  included the 1989 Atlantic 10 tournament championship, the 1992 regular season A-10 titles and NCAA berths in 1989 and 1992.

50559. Kittie Blakemore, Morgantown, W. Va.

Fifteen-year-old Judy Kennedy, seated in the car, was crowned Miss 'Pioneer Days' after competeing with eight other contestants at the festival. She was a student at Morgantown High School and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elswood Kennedy.Also pictured is the first runner-up in the queen contests, fifteen-year-old Brenda Dalton, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Gay Dalton.

50560. Miss 'Pioneer Days' at the Pioneer Days Celebration at Cool Springs Park, W. Va.

West, left, and Akers, right, pose with Ann Dinardi. West had lived in Ann and her sister Erlinda's Beechurst Avenue home during his college basketball days at West Virginia University.

50561. Jerry West, Ann Dinardi and Willie Akers at a West Virginia University Event, Morgantown, W. Va.

Dinardi and Jerry West, who is kneeling beside her on her right, pose with a group of former West Virginia University basketball players.Dinardi was Jerry West's landlord when he lived on Beechurst Avenue during his college basketball years at WVU. West described her as his "mom away from home."Dinardi passed away at the age of 97 in 2003.

50562. Ann Dinardi's 90th Birthday Celebration, Morgantown, W. Va.

Erlinda Dinardi, sister of Ann Dinardi, and basketball star West are pictured in the Dinardi sisters' kitchen reading a newspaper.West described Ann Dinardi as his "mom away from home." She had a special relationship with many of the basketball players because she lived steps away from the Old Field House.  Her home was on Beechurst Avenue.

50563. Erlinda Dinardi and Jerry West in Dinardi Home, Morgantown, W. Va.

View of Squirrel Rock that is in the Cheat River.

50564. Squirrel Rock on the Cheat River, Monongalia County, W. Va.

A boat transporting unidentified people crosses the Cheat River.

50565. Boat on Cheat River, Monongalia County, W. Va.

View of the Cheat River with mist on the mountains from Coopers Rock overlook in Cooper's Rock State Forest, W. Va..

50566. View of the Cheat River from Cooper's Rock, W. Va.

View of the "Old Library" at West Virginia University, Morgantown W. Va. This building is currently named Stewart Hall. It housed the university library until 1931 and later housed administration offices.

50567. The Old Library at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

West Virginia University's athletic field and the Armory (building on the left) in Morgantown, W. Va.

50568. Athletic Field, West Virginia University, Morgantown W. Va.