Bobby Plump — the real-life Jimmy Chitwood — said Gene Hackman deserves as much credit as anyone for taking his small-town Hoosier state basketball story beyond Indiana to the rest of the world.

Bobby Plump -– the real-life Jimmy Chitwood –- said Gene Hackman deserves as much credit as anyone for taking his small-town ...

Gene Hackman was 95 and almost four decades past the release of “Hoosiers” when he died. But coaches haven’t forgotten the ...

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(AP Photo/Tim Reynolds, File) FILE - Bobby Plump, right, star of the 1954 Milan state championship basketball team that inspired the movie "Hoosiers," poses for a portrait with the movie's writer ...

When great actors die, our grief multiplies. It feels like we lost them and every character they blessed with humanity. The ...

Wednesday marked the media’s first introduction to Mateer, who now holds the Sooners’ offensive fate in his hands. He already ...

The Oscar-winning actor, best known for ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Conversation’, was found dead along with his wife ...

(AP) — Bobby Plump — the real-life Jimmy Chitwood ... His unforgettable role as Hickory Huskers coach Norman Dale in “Hoosiers,” the 1986 movie loosely based on tiny Milan’s run ...

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