In the fall of 1991 Thursday morning basketball was started at Florida State among the history department graduate students and a few faculty members. At first we played outside at the courts between Montgomery Gym and Woodward Street. Soon, because of the ungodly heat, even in the morning, we moved inside to the Leach Center. The inaugural crowd, so far as I remember, was Neil Jumonville, Burton Kirkwood, David Proctor, Jay Tapp, Llew Cook, and a few others. Over the years the crowd changed, but so far all but a scant few have made it into the Thursday Morning Hall of Fame. Below are some of the more memorable players. Well, okay, they're the ones who I can still remember at my age. Please email me with other names I've forgotten. The basketball stopped in the summer of 2002, about the time I became chair of the history department. SCROLL BELOW FOR ROSTER.

  WHO I THINK I PLAY LIKE

WHO I REALLY PLAY LIKE
 
 

Steve Bousquet (Chief)
Neil Jumonville (Dr. J)
Thomas Joiner
Matt McCook
Paul Berk
Jude Lasota (Brother Jude)
Mike Prost (Glucose Boy)
Jeff Strickland
Lee Bennett
Seth Pajcic (Diesel)
James James
Len Carson
Doug Leonard
Kevin Witherspoon
Kyle Biggerstaff (Zamboni)
Jay Tapp
Kyle Eidahl
David Proctor (Ghandi)
Joyce Samson
Glen Harris
Mike Houf
Mike Rogers
John Boughter
Llew Cook
John Tetnowski
Joe Lehnes
Walter Pierce
Paul Mann
Charles McKay (Butterfly)
Ginger Williams
Rod Anderson
Jennie Martin
Alan Steinweis
Mark Licht
Martin Stanovich
Todd Cates
Louis Powell
Glen Lamar
Eric Tenbus
Markus Bays
Orlando
Dan
Mike
Krishna

HISTORICAL NOTE: Thursday morning basketball has been a weekly tradition since Gordon Hylton and I started it at Harvard in 1982 among the American Civilization and the History graduate students. We played from about 8 am until 9:30--sometimes at the law school gym, sometimes at the IAB (MAC), and sometimes on the outside courts near Dunster House. Some of those who played over the years were: Neil Jumonville, Gordon Hylton, Greg "the Claw" Pfitzer, David Leviatin, Marc Forster, Jonathan Veitch, Vince Thomkins, Chandos Brown, David Watt, Russ Sizemore, Jeff Adler, Tim Spears, Tom Siegel, Jon Petropoulos, Peter Mancall, Robert Aguirre, Steve Biel, Eric Hinderacher, Mark Peterson, Tom Price, Mark Hirsch, Fran MacDonnell, Brian Balough--and many others I've forgotten. When I left Harvard in the spring of 1990 it was still going.

Gordon Hylton as he looks today.
Assoc Prof of Law at Marquette