Title:
The Whiskered Wizards

Description:
The Whiskered Wizards semi-professional basketball team, ca. 1948-1949. Pictured are Beryl Drummond (first on left), Jack Garrett, Paul Short, and Bill Steinecke (last on right). Born June 16, 1918, Beryl Esco Drummond was a member of the Waterloo (Ohio) Wonders high school basketball team, the second Ohio high school basketball team in Class B to win consecutive state championships, in 1934 and 1935. After high school, Drummond continued to play semi-professional basketball with teams such as the Whiskered Wizards and the Acme Aviators (sponsored by the Acme Pattern & Toll Company of Dayton, Ohio). He played his last basketball game in the winter of 1952, after a disappointing game at the Knights of Columbus gym in Columbus, Ohio. He later worked as assistant superintendent at Sleepy Hollow Golf Club in Brecksville, Ohio and the Green Acres Country Club in Florida. He died April 26, 1982.

Creator:
Unknown

Creation Date:
ca. 1948-1949

Place:
Unknown

Media Type:
Gelatin Silver Print / Developing-out Paper ; Photographic Print (Black and White)

Collection Number:
MSS 911 AV

Collection Title:
Beryl Drummond Papers

Subject:
Waterloo (Ohio)
Basketball teams
Sports

Image Number:
AL06029

Copyright:
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