Bud Stallworth says he’s forever grateful that Jo Jo White preceded him at the University of Kansas.
“He’s the reason I am who I am today. When I was at music camp, he was the guy who told coach (Ted) Owens about me,” former KU basketball wing Stallworth, whose No. 15 jersey hangs in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse, said of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer and former KU guard White, who died Tuesday at the age of 71.
A native of Hartselle, Ala., Stallworth attended a band camp in Lawrence in the summer of 1968.