| Fred Hare,
world-wide known basketball player, is most well-known as one of the greatest
basketball players to come out of the state of Nebraska. A high school
All-American, was a member of the Omaha Tech High School class of 1963.
A four-year starter in basketball, he averaged 30 points per game his senior
year and led Tech to the state championship in 1963 (a team considered
one of the best in history), to a state runner-up in 1962. Scored 1,588
points in his career, at the time easily the most by a Class A player.
Two-time all-state. Made all-state tournament teams.
After being named the 1963
Nebraska High School Athlete of the Year, he signed with the University
of Nebraska Cornhuskers to continue his career. His storied relationship
with head coach Joe Cipriano would keep Hare at the center of attention
while with the Huskers. Hare eventually would leave school early -- but
not before defeating a #1 ranked Michigan Wolverines team, led by Cazzie
Russell, with a buzzer-beating, over the head, backwards shot.
After leaving NU, Hare was
literally a basketball 'globetrotter,' playing as an amateur and professionally
around the United States, Canada, and Mexico... with teams such as the
Phoenix Suns, LA Lakers, Harlem Clowns, Harlem Globetrotters, Pueblo Angels,
and many more.
He was inducted into the
Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame in its first class.
His unique story -- consiting
of both tragedy and glory -- as few others have ever experienced, is now
captured in a new biography: The Best of The Best - A Biography About Basketball...
and Life!
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