{Georgetown , Kentucky }…John
Lloyd Crigler, a forward on Kentucky 's 1958
national championship basketball team under coach Adolph Rupp, died Saturday in
Georgetown at
the age of 76. Crigler scored 14 points in the 1958 title game against Elgin
Baylor's Seattle
team. He played with teammates Johnny Cox, Ed Beck, Vernon Hatton and Adrian
Smith. Crigler had been a teacher, coach and athletic director at Scott County
High School for more than
40 years. Crigler was born in Hebron in Boone County ,
but he spent much of his life in Scott
County .