![Illinois Men's Basketball on Twitter: "We are sad to hear of the passing of all-time #Illini great Rod Fletcher. A consensus first-team All-American in 1952, Fletcher led Illinois to back-to-back Big Ten Illinois Men's Basketball on Twitter: "We are sad to hear of the passing of all-time #Illini great Rod Fletcher. A consensus first-team All-American in 1952, Fletcher led Illinois to back-to-back Big Ten](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRqkqyLXUAEwKXK.jpg)
Illinois Men's Basketball on Twitter: "We are sad to hear of the passing of all-time #Illini great Rod Fletcher. A consensus first-team All-American in 1952, Fletcher led Illinois to back-to-back Big Ten
![The Daily Echo, 1951-12-18 - Shortridge High School - The Indianapolis Public Library Digital Collections The Daily Echo, 1951-12-18 - Shortridge High School - The Indianapolis Public Library Digital Collections](https://www.digitalindy.org/digital/api/singleitem/image/shs/45884/default.jpg)
The Daily Echo, 1951-12-18 - Shortridge High School - The Indianapolis Public Library Digital Collections
Davenport Sports Network - 🏀🎂On July 22, 1951 Donald Earl “Slick” Watts was born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. After graduating from Henry Weather High School, Watts played basketball at Grand View University
![The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 27, 1951, Image 1 « Texas A&M Newspaper Collection The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 27, 1951, Image 1 « Texas A&M Newspaper Collection](http://newspaper.library.tamu.edu/lccn/sn86088544/1951-12-27/ed-1/seq-1/thumbnail.jpg)