Last Surviving Member of First Basketball Team Dies at 95 (July 16, 1968)

Last Surviving Member of First Basketball Team Dies at 95 (July 16, 1968)

A newspaper article from the Springfield Union, Springfield Mass., titled "Last Surviving Member of First Basketball Team Dies at 95" written by Gene McCormick. It was published on July 16, 1968. It talks about the death of Ernest G. Hildner and what that meant to the history of Basketball. Ironically, a newspaper article nearly a decade earlier recognized Ray Kaighn for being the only surviving member. Hildner, a retired minister, saw the article, and spoke up, which led Kaighn to happily recognize that he was not the only former player alive.

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