Fred Hare

[hhcmatt]

I'll be honest, until today I had no idea who Fred Hare was and had missed the various posting listing him as one of the all-time greats.

I got a link to a blog post from a writer who was there the day he beat #1 Michigan by blindly flipping the ball over his head as time expired.

 

https://crawscorner.blogspot.com/2018/12/ghosts-of-glory.html?spref=tw

 

@hhcdave was able to interview him as well, back in the day.

 

[Red Don]

The 'Then & Now" interview by Dave Brandon above is a "Don't Miss" read!   

 

[Dead Dog Alley]

4 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

I'll be honest, until today I had no idea who Fred Hare was and had missed the various posting listing him as one of the all-time greats.

I got a link to a blog post from a writer who was there the day he beat #1 Michigan by blindly flipping the ball over his head as time expired.

 

https://crawscorner.blogspot.com/2018/12/ghosts-of-glory.html?spref=tw

 

@hhcdave was able to interview him as well, back in the day.

 

 

The first hand account from Bobby Mills regarding the end of the Michigan game (https://www.mccookgazette.com/blogs/1466/entry/61434)

 

With only a few seconds left and trailing 73-72, Nebraska's Grant Simmons inbounded the ball to Fred Hare at half court. Hare launched a desperation shot that caromed off the front of the rim. But Hare usually followed his shots. On this day, Hare sprinted toward the basket, overran the ball, but caught it over his head with his back to the Husker basket. WITHOUT turning around, the magical Fred Hare simply threw a backwards pass over his head and the ball sailed through the hoop. BANG! Nebraska had just upset the number one team in the entire country, 74-73.

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I never saw anything like in my life and haven't since.

 

 

 

 

[bkamler]

My dad and I went to this game. We were lucky to sit as high up in the old gym as possible cuz it was a rare sell out.

 

I was 14 years old and a budding point guard…loved Fred Hare. Smoking was allowed back then and from up high it was a little difficult to see through the smokey haze.

 

As I remember it MU was #1 and had Cazzie Russell and Oliver Darden and the game was 1 to 3 point spreads thru out.

When MU inbounded the ball on the side fans would literally pull at the hairs on the MU players legs to irritate them as there was barely room for them to get their feet out of bounds.

 

Freddie let go of his desperation shot he realized he shot way sooner then need be and he saw where it would go when it banged off the rim. He followed his shot…imagine that!

 

He rebounded it and with time running out he threw it over his head from about 2 feet away without looking. Nothing but net. MU players laid on the floor as the fans stormed the floor. 

 

One of my best memories ever!

 

 

 

[Tallbaby21]

So how is there video of 1958 against Wilt and Kansas but not this? 

[Huskerpapa]

You have to double click it.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't