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CYRUS. Basketball: John Burr, LWJC Coach Everyone remembers the Columbia Redhounds and Adair County High School Coach John Burr; but Cyrus presents a little-known facet of the legendary coach's career By CYRUS ColumbiaMagazine.com Central Ohio Bureau Chief The advent of basketball season always brings to mind legendary Coach John Burr, whose coaching career spanned 27 years (1941-1968); two high schools: the old Columbia High and later, Adair County High; and 572 victories high school victories. All Adair Countians over a certain age remember Coach Burr, and many still can recite chapter and verse of his string of outstanding teams, players, and coaching successes. John Burr also played basketball at Lindsey in '37-'39 and was rated one of the best athletes ever to hit the hardwood there. But does anyone remember his coaching tenure for his alma mater's team, the Lindsey Wilson (Junior) College Blue Raiders? An article in the December 19, 1945 Adair County News stated there would be, for "the first time since the team was broken up during the season of 1942-43 . . . " enough basketball players at Lindsey Wilson to form a team when classes resumed in early 1946. However, the once and future Blue Raider basketball coach, John McQueary, had been in the Navy for over three years and wouldn't be available to return to Lindsey until the fall of '46. John McQueary had been replaced by Charlie Clift McQueary had been replaced as the LWJC coach by Charlie Clift when McQueary joined the armed service in '42. Burr had served a hitch in the Army but had been discharged July '45 and had resumed coaching and teaching duties at Columbia High in September '45. The December 19th article went on to state that Lindsey Wilson had contracted with Coach Burr "for part time service until the close of the season." The starting five for Burr's stint at LWJC in the winter of '46 were Dillard Cundiff (from Jamestown), Joe Montgomery and Darrell May (both from Science Hill), Hubert Reed (Oneida) and John Wesley Pierce (Nancy, Ky.) The bench was composed of Allen Young (Columbia), Hubert Edwards (Pickett), and William McWorter (Jamestown.) Only nine of the LWJC games were reported in the News, including two victories over Campbellville, a split with Cumberland College and with the Science Hill Independent team, and a win over the Lebanon Independent team. Coach Burr's overall record for the nine games was 5-4. And by the way, in November '42, the starting five for the '42-43 Lindsey Wilson Blue Raider team later broken up by World War II was composed of:
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