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Joey Brunk's father dies after battle with cancer

Joe Brunk, the father of Butler basketball player and Southport product Joey Brunk, died Saturday after a battle with cancer.

"Big Joe" was a Hall of Fame basketball player at Hanover College in the late 1970s and early '80s. He is sixth on the school's all-time scoring list and fifth on the all-time rebounding list.

He underwent brain surgery in October after a blood clot was discovered. After the surgery, the Butler center wrote a blog post that included memories of his father.

Soon after Brunk announced his father's surgery, he tweeted saying that his father had cancer.