Adolph Lawerence Located
in Chicago
Ricardo Armstrong Located
in Chicago
Edward Kendall Located
in Chicago
Elree Cox Located
in Chicago
Carter Gilmer Located
in Ohio
Kenneth Maxey:
Located in California
Anthony Smedley Located
in Wisconsin
Manager Tyrone Parker Deceased
Coach Larry Hawkins Located
in Chicago
Fred Hickman Located
in Chicago
William Hornsby Deceased
Gerry Jones
Deceased
Curtis Kirk Deceased
Asst Coach Horace Howard Located in Homewood, Il
Joseph Allen
Deceased
Peter Norfleet
Located in Chicago
Michele Page
Located in Chicago
Leslie Patmon
Deceased
Charles Glenn
Located in Chicago
Robert Cifax
Located in New Orleans
Chicago
(Carver) 53, Centralia 52
Final Game at Champaign [UI, Assembly Hall]
Saturday, March 23, 1963
CHICAGO (CARVER)
Player
FG - FGA FT - FTA Pts PF
Joe Allen
8 12 2 4
18 2
Bob Cifax
4 15 2 2
10 1
Charles Glenn 1 4
1 1 3 1
Gerry Jones 0 0
0 0 0 1
Curtis Kirk 1 6
0 1 2 3
Ken
Maxey 7 13
4 6 18 3
Michele Page
0 0 0 0 0
0
Anthony Smedley 1 1 0
0 2 0
TOTAL
22 51 9 14 53 11
CENTRALIA
Player
FG - FGA FT - FTA Pts PF
Cliff Berger
2 12 2 2
6 2
Don Duncan 5
11 2 2 12 3
Carl Heinrichs 4 9 0
1 8 3
Ron Johnson
8 20 2 4
18 0
Merritt Pulley 0
0 0 0
0 1
Herb Williams 1
2 3 5
5 1
Rich Zgol
1 2 1 2
3 0
TOTAL 21
56 10 16 52 10
Chicago (Carver) 15 15 (30)
13 10 (23) -- 53
Centralia 12
14 (26) 13 13 (26) -- 52.
Super-Sectionals
Centralia 69, Collinsville 48
Metropolis 53, Herrin
52
Springfield (Lanphier) 91, Galesburg (H.S.) 67
Rockford (Auburn) 62, Aledo 51 (forfeited)
Peoria (H.S.)
35, Braidwood (Reed-Custer) 34
Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 93, Watseka 73
Chicago (Carver) 54, Waukegan (H.S.) 41
Geneva
60, Chicago Heights (Bloom) 52
Quarterfinals
Centralia 74, Metropolis
45
Springfield (Lanphier) 58, Rockford (Auburn) 56
Peoria (H.S.) 60, Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 45
Chicago
(Carver) 57, Geneva 50
Semifinals
Centralia 50, Springfield
(Lanphier) 46
Chicago (Carver) 40, Peoria (H.S.) 37 (OT)
Third Place
Springfield (Lanphier) 60, Peoria (H.S.) 47
Final
Chicago (Carver) 53, Centralia 52
School
Coach W-L Enroll
1 Chicago (Carver)
Larry Hawkins 28-5 801
2 Centralia
Bob Jones 32-2
1400
3 Springfield (Lanphier) Arlyn Lober 29-5
1098
4 Peoria (H.S.) Harry
Whitaker 22-8 1575
5 Decatur
(Stephen) John Schneiter 25-6
1400
6 Geneva
Mel Johnson 30-3
522
7 Metropolis
Don Smith 26-5
675
8 Rockford (Auburn) Dolph Stanley 28-3
1650
9 Aledo
Don Naffziger 21-7
10
Braidwood (Reed) Ken Magee 25-5
11 Chicago Heights (Bloom) Phil Hey
13-11
12 Collinsville
Vergil Fletcher 26-3
13 Galesburg (H.S.) John Thiel 20-7
14 Herrin
Bob Groves 16-15
15 Watseka
Arnold Stahl 25-4
TEAM MEMBERS TODAY:
"My name is Carter Gilmer
and I was a member of the 1963 State Championship team and the 1962 team that came in second. I was a life time
resident of Altgeld Gardens, born in 1945 in Altgeld in Block 4 at 13148 S. Corliss. The only nursery school I went
to was in or adjacent to the Children's Building, the only elementary school was Carver Elementary (rotating from the
A to B to C to D to F buildings) back then. I finally graduated in 1963 from Carver HS.
My
best friends were:
1. Gerry Jones--member of 1963 team
and now passed as all know
2. Leslie Patmon (Dr. Patmon)--member
of 1963 team and now passed
3. Larry Gipson--block
5, now in Cleveland, OH
4. Harold Dade--block 4, member
of 1962 team
My family beginnings and connections:
1. Miss Rose/Mrs. Bond/ Mrs.Brown/Mrs. Gilmer--mother
2. Step-father--Doc
Brown
3. Step-father--Alex Bond, father of Lloyd, Harrison, Juanita,
Alex, Roscoe, Floyd Bond
4.
Brothers:
a. Ralph (Ricky) Gilmer, older brother-- now in LA
b. Arnold Brown, younger brother-- now in Wash DC area
5. Carter Gilmer Sr.--father, resides in Hawaii
6. Phyllis Gilmer--second wife, currently and forever
7. Marquita Gilmer, wife 1968-1996 and mother of
2 daughters
a. Lesli (named after Leslie Patmon, 1963 team member)
Gilmer-Beckwith
b. Staci Gilmer
First "love" was Patricia Thomas (cheerleader in 1962)
Girlfriend and Prom date in 1963--Brenda Rowland
Special Attractions: Naurice Roberts (cheerleader 1961-1963),
Cynthia Elston, Muriel Simmons
Impactful Teachers:
Coach, Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Taylor, Biology
Mr. Hines, Counselor
Miss Humes, Elementary
School teacher
Brief history, in reverse order:
--1996- present (2003), Director of AIMS (Academic Investment in Math and Science) and Chemistry
professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio--1990-1996, Chemistry professor University of Michigan
--1978-1990,
Chemist for Dupont Co. (Wilmington, Del., Philadelphia, Troy, Mi.)
--1971-1978, Chemist for Kodak (Rochester, NY)
--1963-1967, Drake University, BA in 1967
--1967-1971, University of Iowa, Ph.D. in 1971
This is probably more than you were expecting. Anyway, it helped me gather some thoughts.
Carter (Mo, Gilmo, Hub, Hubby) from Block 4
P.S. I will check out the website. My brother, Arnold informed
me of your efforts to find 1963 team members."
