Memorial Coliseum

ID: 760
This file appears in: Adolph F. Rupp (1901-1977)

Memorial Coliseum was built as a memorial to the Kentuckians who died in World Wars I and II and the Korean War. It opened in 1950 and housed men's and women's basketball. Photo courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

This file appears in: Adolph F. Rupp (1901-1977)

By Becky Riddle
Historical Marker #1826 , which was erected in front of Memorial Coliseum in 1988, before the Senior Challenge Historical Marker Project began, honors Adolph Frederick Rupp. He was born to Mennonite…