The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 08, 1957, Page Page Seven, Image 7
Grady
Grady Wallace ... All-Ameri.
can by South Carolina legislative
action and by sports writers' ac
elaim ... opposing coaches term
- Grady, "as one of the belt I've
ever seen". . . his own coach,
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Wa1ace,
Frank Johnson, "Wallace is a joy
to, coach" . . . his 'Gamecock
teammates call him, "all around,
the greatest" . . . to his close
friends Grady is a "humble, un
assuming, whale-of-a-fine guy"
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to his parents from Mare
Creek, Kentucky, who were in
he Carolina stands when" Grady
cored 44 points against Clem
ion, "that's our boy" . . . na
tional scoring leader with a 31
point per game average . . . his
professors look at Grady as "a
hard working student" . . . to
the Carolina campus Grady is
the man of the hour and for
many years to come . . . the
legend of Grady Wallace and his
fabled jump shot will long be
with us . . . Wallace is an author
of note, having rewritten the
record book with a "basketball
point pen" . . -. Wallace likes
grapes, movies, girls, and "just
messin' around" . . . Grady plays
an exceptional banjo "for kicks"
.. he enjoys the dormitory styled
bull-sessions . . . when told he
had been named to the United
Press All-American team, Grady
blushed and said shyly, "It was
a mighty nice thing for them to
do." . . . Grady has picked up
such nicknames as Graceful and
Grade-A . . . they fit to a "T"
. in the' words of the South
Carolina House of Representa
tives, "Grady Wallace is All
American in every sense of the
word."
The pictures presented here
show Grady at work and play.
He does each with excellence
and ease. For Grady Wallace is
the University of South Caro
lina's All-American. (Photos by
Walt and text by Robert Talbert)
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