Gallery l Louie Dampier, Through the Years

University of Kentucky basketball player Louie Dampier played cards with friends. By C. Thomas Hardin, The Courier-Journal. Feb. 22, 1966.

University of Kentucky baksetball player Louie Dampier. By C. Thomas Hardin, The Courier-Journal. Nov. 16, 1966.

University of Kentucky players, Louie Dampier, left and Jim LeMaster rode in a motorcade from the airport to the Coliseum in Maryland and the team's eventual loss to Texas Western, 72-65 in the NCAA tournament finals. By George Bailey, The Courier-Journal. March 21, 1966.

Univeristy of Kentucky basketball Al-American Louie Dampier, right, met with Kentucky Colonels coach Johnny Given's after signing a one-year contract with the professional team. Given's, a former coach at New Albany, Ind. High School coached the Colonels the first 17 games of the innagural American Basketball Association season. By Michael Coers, The Courier-Journal. July 7, 1967.

Former University of Kentucky basketball player Louie Dampier was the first player signed by the Kentucky Colonels professional team of the ABA, located in Louisville. Courier-Journal file photo. Nov. 22, 1966

Kentucky Colonel Louie Dampier drove to the basket against the New York Nets in ABA action at Freedom Hall in Louisville. By Frank Kimmel, The Courier-Journal. April 17, 18974

Kentucky colonel basketball star Louie Dampier and his wife Judy, at home with their daughter Danielle, age 11-months. By Jon Webb, The Courier-Journal. Oct. 25, 1967

Kentucky Colonels Dan Issel and Louie Dampier relaxed during a photo shoot. By Bil Luster, The Courier-Journal. Sept. 13, 1972.

Kentucky Colonels coach Hubie Brown gave instructions to his players during the ABA championship game against the Indiana Pacers. On left is Louie Dampier of the Colonels. On left is guard Louie Dampier. By Bill Luster, The Courier-Journal. May 22, 1975

Kentucky Colonels guard Louie Dampier looked through bubble gum cards for one of himself. Dampier is the all-time leading scorer in the American Basketball Association. By Bill Luster, The Courier-Journal. Sept. 19, 1974.

Louie Dampier, a starting guard for Rupp's Runts, has a different memory of coach Adolph Rupp than at least one teammate. January 21, 2006 By Jamie Rhodes, Special to The Courier-Journal