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JUNIUS KELLOGG TIMELINE
(1927–2000)
• 1927 Born March 16
• 1945 Graduated I.C. Norcom H.S., Portsmouth, Virginia
• 1947–49 Served as a sergeant in U.S. Army, where he was
voted the military’s outstanding athlete in ’48
• 1951 Exposed basketball point-shaving scandal
• 1953 Graduated from Manhattan College
• 1953 Signed to play with Harlem Globetrotters
• 1954 Suffered severe spinal chord injury as a passenger in
traffic accident. Confined to a wheelchair for rest of his life
• 1957–66 Coached PanAm Jets, a wheelchair basketball team,
to four international championships
• 1979 Inducted into Manhattan College Hall of Fame
• 1981 Inducted into National Wheelchair Basketball
Association Hall of Fame
• 1985 Inducted into I.C. Norcom High School Hall of Fame
• 1987 Inducted into Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
• 1994 Began work as director of the NYC strategic
planning unit for the department of youth and
community development
• 1995 Inducted into Brooklyn U.S.A. Hall of Fame
• 1997 Honored at two testimonial dinners
• 1998 Received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from
Manhattan College for “taking a high, moral and
ethical path in a life that defied odds”
• 1998 Died September 16
• 2000 Appeared for the first time on ballot for election to
the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
A remarkable man…A remarkable soul…A remarkable life…
Never stopped living…Never stopped giving
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