Holdings Alumni Association Alumni John "Red" Kerr Papers Finding Aid Title: John "Red" Kerr Papers, 1949-1989
ID: 26/20/178
Extent: 0.6 cubic feet
Arrangement: Chronological
Date Acquired: 08/27/2009. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Alumni, Athletic Coaching, Basketball, Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Psi, Photographs
Formats/Genres: Newspaper Clippings
Records of John "Red" Kerr (Phys. Ed.), a student at the University of Illinois from 1950-54. Kerr played for three years on the varsity basketball team then was drafted into the NBA. After his playing days ended, he spent much of the remainder of his career with the Chicago Bulls, first as coach and later as commentator.
The series contains college recruitment letters, correspondence, photographs, publications and newsclippings primarily covering his career as an Illini, but also in his later life.
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2620178.pdf
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