Memorial Coliseum
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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.
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Adolph F. Rupp (1901-1977)
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 German parents in Halstead, Kansas, in 1901 and…