CONNECTING COMMUNITIES
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
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Notable Personalities
Born, Raised, or Became Famous in Lake, Porter Counties Indiana
and Surrounding Illinois Communities.
 
 

Bob Donham

Born October 11, 1926 in Hammond, Indiana.
Died in Seattle Washington on September 21, 1983.
Graduated from Clark High School in Hammond, played basketball in the Army on a Sheppard Field team and entered Ohio State University as a starter. As a senior, he was selected all-conference and his team won the Big Ten championship. As a professional, he started for the first of the great Boston Celtic Teams coached by Red Auerbach with Bob Cousey, Bill Sharman and Bill Russell. He played with the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1954 where he led the NBA in scoring average and then worked as a college coach.

Source: Oil and Water: A Pictorial History of Whiting, IN by Archibald McKinlay

Additional Information Links: Bob Donham Statistics - Basketball-Reference.com
 
 

If you know of a notable personality that is not on this list, who was born or raised in Lake , Porter Counties Indiana or Surrounding Illinois Communities please feel free to e-mail your suggestions to: ljackson@lakeco.lib.in.us
Page was last updated on December 27, 2007

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