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Topic: NCAA tournament
The Fly’s jersey retired at APSU
February 7, 2009 | 
To whoops and cheers from the crowd in a half-time ceremony at the game Thursday night, APSU retired the jersey of basketball great James “Fly” Williams. The crowd at the Dunn Center went wild.
William’s jersey plaque was placed on the north wall of the Center, a sports arena years after Martin put APSU on the sports map.
Williams expressed his appreciation to the SRO crowd and thanked former coach Lake Kelly and his teammates from 1972-73 and 1973-74 seasons. APSU lost the game with Martin in an overtime decision, 87-82, dropping APSU to 12-10 in the Ohio Valley Conference. «Read the rest of this article»
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“Fly” Williams jersey to be retired at tonight’s Govs/UT Martin game
February 5, 2009 |
The greatest basketball player in Austin Peay State University history finally will have his jersey retired.
James “Fly” Williams, one of the legendary players in Ohio Valley Conference history whose early 1970s flamboyant style literally was responsible for packing gymnasiums almost everywhere he played, will see his jersey retired this Thursday at halftime of the Austin Peay-UT Martin game. The 8 p.m. contest will be televised by ESPNU.
Williams starred at Austin Peay during the 1972-73 and 1973-74 seasons, literally helping put the Governors basketball program on the map. He helped lead the Governors to a 22-7 record in 1972-73 and APSU’s first-ever Division I NCAA tournament appearance that included a 77-75 win against Jacksonville and a controversial 106-100 overtime loss to Kentucky. «Read the rest of this article»
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