Last of the "Fabulous Five", Wah Wah Jones, passes away

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Word drifted out Sunday that Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones had passed away, followed by the somber realization that the last of the University of Kentucky's famed Fabulous Five has passed into legend.

I'm not the one to eulogize Jones. I didn't know him. I interviewed him a time or two. Many others certainly knew him better and can tell all the stories, and will. What struck me in putting together what few thoughts I have on him were that he seemed always to be talking about someone else, never so much about himself.

He wasn't the star of Adolph Rupp's most famous team. He remains to this day the acknowledged best all-around athlete in UK history. He was an All-American for Rupp's basketball team. He was an All-American end for Bear Bryant's football team. He started for the Wildcats' baseball team. He's the only player in school history to have his number retired in both basketball and football.

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