Jerry West Shoots during High School Basketball Game

Identifier:

050489

Date:

ca. 19541956

Description:

West, who is mid-air and ready to shoot the ball, played for East Bank High School as the team's starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1954–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.

Topical Subjects:

Basketball players. and Basketball teams--West Virginia--East Bank

Personal Names:

West, Jerry, 1938-

Corporate Names:

West Virginia University--Alumni and alumnae.

Medium:

print