Ernest Cosmo Quigley

By sportswalloffame | November 30, 2017

“Ernie” Quigley, born in Newcastle in 1880, is our first inductee in the Pioneer category. Quigley was a gifted multi-sport athlete, lettering  for the Kansas Jayhawks in football, basketball, baseball, and track and field.  While at Kansas, he played under the tutelage of Dr. James Naismith, the founder of the game of basketball. However, it…

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