(Nov 5, 1952 – May 27, 2024) Bill Walton led UCLA to two NCAA titles before arriving in Memorial Coliseum to join an average Portland Trail Blazer team. Walton emerged as one of the greatest basketball players in Portland Trail Blazer and NBA history. Walton led the Blazers to the NBA Championship in 1977 with..Read More
(1940 – Jul. 5, 2013) Charlie Warren played his way through Eugene from high school to the University of Oregon, eventually graduating from Mac Court as the schools all-time leading scorer. Warren grew up in Eugene, the son of Oregon coach and future Oregon Sports Hall of Fame inductee John Warren, and helped Eugene High..Read More
(born Jul. 15, 1955) Richard Washington played his way from the streets of Portland into the basketball machine at UCLA and then into the NBA, where he remains the highest draft pick of a native Oregonian. Born in 1955, Washington attended Benson High, where he played under coach Dick Gray. Washington grew to be a..Read More
Algot “Swede” Westergren played three seasons at the University of Oregon, where he helped the squad to a combined 57-13 record, and was named All-Pacific Coast Conference at guard each season, 1924-27. Westergren grew up in Astoria and led the Fishermen to the state tournament in 1922 and ’23. They lost in the title game..Read More
(Jul. 9, 1917 – Oct. 1977) Urgel Wintermute earned the nickname “Slim” thanks to his lean 6-foot-8 frame, and earned his way into Oregon lore thanks to his role in the University of Oregon’s NCAA Championship team of 1939. Born in 1917, Wintermute grew up in Longview, Washington, and was recruited to Eugene by incoming..Read More