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Joseph W. Gilliam

  • Class
    1952
  • Induction
    1987
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Basketball
A Steubenville, Ohio, native, Gilliam, was graduated with the class of 1952. He was a four-year member of the football and basketball teams. Playing both guard and forward positions in basketball, he was a member of the 1948 squad which was the only undefeated collegiate team in the nation that season.

Gilliam was All-CIAA and All-American in 1949. He has coached at the high school and college level including Jackson State University, Kentucky State University, and was later with Tennessee State University.

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