(WKYT) – A University of Kentucky basketball legend has died.
Cliff Hagan passed away on Thursday at the age of 94, according to Cats’ Pause founder Oscar Combs in a social media post.
The Owensboro native was a member of the Wildcats’ 1951 NCAA championship and undefeated 1954 squads, according to information from the UK Alumni Association.
He was the first UK player to be enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Hagan played for the NBA’s St. Louis Hawks for 10 seasons, winning a title with them and later served as player-coach for the American Basketball Association’s Dallas Chaparrals, according to the UK Alumni Association.
He served as UK athletics director from 1975-89.
