INDIANAPOLIS – Fifty days apart, Butler University lost two of its icons from 60 years ago.
Gerry Williams, track star and point guard, died April 28. Dick Haslam, golfer and basketball captain, died June 17.
Both were 81.
Both were unselfish players and belong to the Indiana Basketball and Butler halls of fame. Both were starters on the Butler team reaching the 1962 Sweet 16 in its first NCAA tournament appearance.
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“One of the main things I remember about that team is all the guys were really good to be around,” said Jeff Blue, a 6-6 sophomore for those Bulldogs and a close friend of Williams.