Bobby Slick Leonard HOF

[SycamoreStateofMind]

Now Hall of Famer Bobby Slick Leonard. I know we got some folks on here who probably have stories - I will share one I might have shared before.

My grandpa Robert Flowers played basketball (varsity for a year) at Gershmyer with Slick.

Grandpa says they use to go in the gym of a morning before school and shoot baskets. As he tells it - Ole Slick he'd shoot it for 30 Minutes and I'd rebound for him and then I got to shoot it for 5. He says, no wonder I never got in the damn game.

Pretty awesome story for me - means an awful lot to me. Basketball has always been such a big part of my life and between my dad and grandpa they taught me so darn much about it growing up.

Slick picked a pretty terrible University but he did alright winning a national championship. Truely happy for him and Terre Haute!

 

[Sycamore624]

BOOM BABY!!! Well deserved!!!!

 

[BankShot]

Now Hall of Famer Bobby Slick Leonard. I know we got some folks on here who probably have stories - I will share one I might have shared before.

My grandpa Robert Flowers played basketball (varsity for a year) at Gershmyer with Slick.

Grandpa says they use to go in the gym of a morning before school and shoot baskets. As he tells it - Ole Slick he'd shoot it for 30 Minutes and I'd rebound for him and then I got to shoot it for 5. He says, no wonder I never got in the damn game.

Pretty awesome story for me - means an awful lot to me. Basketball has always been such a big part of my life and between my dad and grandpa they taught me so darn much about it growing up.

Slick picked a pretty terrible University but he did alright winning a national championship. Truely happy for him and Terre Haute!

Ya, I used to hear those stories from my mother (Gerstmeyer '44), a Black Cat Cheerleader in her day, who lived @ 1311 1st Ave. a "stone's throw" from Tech. That section of town was "heavy coal mining" and as blue collar as you'd find. Grandfather worked @ Viking until they closed the mines following the explosion that killed 22 in 1961. Also had a bros-in law (Paul Newman) that played HS ball w/ Leonard (Gerstmeyer '51).

I used to love spending the weekends @ my grandparents, visiting "Barkie's" across the alley and digging into the cinnamon ball jar while buying used "Superman" comic books. Yes, there was always a lot of talk when "THE ATTUCKS" were in town!

Good bio:

http://www.therepublic.com/view/local_story/Slick_s_a_survivor_Coaching_le_1336275517

One of the 1st "Jump Shooters" in Indiana:

http://books.google.com/books?id=EP...Bobby Leonard, Terre Haute Gerstmeyer&f=false

The era of Terre Haute hoop that Leonard grew up in:

http://books.google.com/books?id=Ea...Bobby Leonard, Terre Haute Gerstmeyer&f=false

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

My grandpa was a carpenter for 40 years... I know what type of folks you are talking about.

Love this town, made up of a lot of good people.

 

[meistro]

My Dad has told me of stories of shooting around with Slick back in the day. Really happy for him. Terre Haute has had some awfully good players over the years.