| Name |
High School |
College |
League |
Team |
Years |
Notes |
| Dwight Anderson |
Roth |
UK & USC |
NBA |
Denver |
1982-83 |
|
| Mark Baker |
Dunbar |
OSU |
NBA |
Toronto |
1998-99 |
|
| Alison Bales |
Beavercreek |
Duke |
WNBA |
Indianapolis |
2007 |
|
| Mike Blevins |
Springboro |
Jacksonville |
Europe |
|
|
|
| Arlen "Bucky" Bockhorn |
|
UD |
NBA |
Cincinnati |
1958-65 |
The voice of the Dayton Flyers |
| Gary Bradds |
Greenview |
OSU |
NBA |
Baltimore |
1964-66 |
|
| ABA |
Oakland |
1966-68 |
| ABA |
Washington |
1969-70 |
| ABA |
Carolina & Texas |
1970-71 |
| Roger Brown |
|
UD |
ABA |
Indiana |
1967-74 |
|
| ABA |
Memphis, Utah & Indiana |
1974-75 |
| Clarence "Butch" Carter |
Middletown |
Indiana |
NBA |
Los Angeles |
1980-81 |
|
| NBA |
Indiana |
1981-84 |
| NBA |
New York |
1984-85 |
| NBA |
New York & Philadelphia |
1985-86 |
| Barry Clemens |
Xenia |
Ohio Wesleyan |
NBA |
New York |
1965-66 |
|
| NBA |
Chicago |
1966-69 |
| NBA |
Seattle |
1969-72 |
| NBA |
Cleveland |
1972-74 |
| NBA |
Portland |
1974-76 |
| Bobby Colburn |
Stivers |
OSU |
NBL |
Dayton Metros |
1935-36 |
|
| NBL |
Dayton Suchers |
1941 |
| NBL |
Dayton Aviators |
1944 |
| NBL |
Dayton Acmes |
1945 |
| Jason Collier |
Springfield Catholic |
IU & Georgia Tech |
NBA |
Houston |
2000-03 |
|
| |
Atlanta |
2003-05 |
| Johnny Davis |
|
UD |
NBA |
Portland |
1976-78 |
|
| NBA |
Indiana |
1978-82 |
| NBA |
Atlanta |
1982-84 |
| NBA |
Cleveland |
1984-85 |
| NBA |
Atlanta |
1985-86 |
| Cain Doliboa |
Springboro |
UD & WSU |
Switzerland |
|
|
|
| Megan Duffy |
Chaminade-Julienne |
Notre Dame |
WNBA |
Minnesota |
2006 |
|
| Bill Edwards |
Carlisle |
WSU |
NBA |
Philadelphia |
1993-94 |
|
| Wayne Embry |
Tecumseh |
Miami |
NBA |
Cincinnati |
1958-66 |
A member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributer. He was the first African American NBA General Manager - Milwaukee Bucks (1971-1979). He has also been the GM of the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors. |
| NBA |
Boston |
1966-68 |
| NBA |
Milwaukee |
1968-69 |
| Henry Finkel |
|
UD |
NBA |
Los Angeles |
1966-67 |
|
| |
San Diego |
1967-69 |
| |
Boston |
1969-75 |
| Mickey Friedman |
|
|
|
|
1950s-60s |
Promoter |
| Earl "Red" Gardner |
|
DePauw & Wabash |
BAA |
Minneapolis |
1948-49 |
Oakwood HS Coach |
| Lionel Garrett |
Fairview |
|
|
Harlem Globetrotters |
|
|
| Johnny Green |
Dunbar |
MSU |
NBA |
New York |
1959-65 |
|
| NBA |
Baltimore |
1965-67 |
| NBA |
San Diego & Philadelphia |
1967-68 |
| NBA |
Philadelphia |
1968-69 |
| NBA |
Cincinnati |
1969-72 |
| NBA |
Kansas City/Omaha |
1972-73 |
| Chuck Grigsby |
|
UD |
NBA |
New York |
1955-56 |
|
| Ron Harper |
Kiser |
Miami |
NBA |
Cleveland |
1986-89 |
|
| NBA |
Cleveland & Los Angles |
1989-90 |
| NBA |
Loa Angeles |
1990-94 |
| NBA |
Chicago |
1994-99 |
| Chris Harris |
|
UD |
NBA |
St. Louis & Rochester |
1955-56 |
|
| John Horan |
|
UD |
NBA |
Minneapolis |
1955-66 |
|
| Bobby Joe Hooper |
|
UD |
ABA |
Indiana |
1968-89 |
|
| Bill Hosket Sr. |
Stivers |
OSU |
NBL |
Dayton Metros |
|
|
| NBL |
Waterloo Wonders |
1930-34 |
| NBL |
Dayton Suchers |
1940 |
| Bill Hosket Jr. |
Belmont |
OSU |
NBA |
New York |
1968-70 |
|
| NBA |
Buffalo |
1970-72 |
| Milt Kantor |
|
|
|
|
|
Owner of the Dayton Wings 1991-92 |
| Negele Knight |
|
UD |
NBA |
Phoenix |
1991-94 |
|
| NBA |
San Antonio |
1994-95 |
| NBA |
Detroit |
1995-96 |
| NBA |
Toronto |
1999 |
| Norm Lee |
Roosevelt |
|
|
Harlem Globetrotters |
|
|
| Jerry Lucas |
Middletown |
OSU |
ABL |
Cleveland |
1961-62 |
|
| NBA |
Cincinnati |
1963-69 |
| NBA |
San Francisco |
1969-71 |
| NBA |
New York |
1971-74 |
| Phil Lumpkin |
Roth |
Miami |
NBA |
Portland |
1974-75 |
|
| NBA |
Phoenix |
1975-76 |
| Don May |
Belmont |
UD |
NBA |
New York |
1968-70 |
|
| NBA |
Buffalo |
1970-71 |
| NBA |
Atlanta |
1971-72 |
| NBA |
Atlanta & Philadelphia |
1972-73 |
| NBA |
Philadelphia |
1973-74 |
| NBA |
Kansas/Omaha |
1974-75 |
| Ann Meyers |
Chaminade-Julienne |
UD |
WPBL |
|
|
|
| Don Meineke |
|
UD |
NBA |
Ft. Wayne |
1952-55 |
First NBA Rookie of the Year - 1953 |
| NBA |
Rochester |
1955-57 |
| NBA |
Cincinnati |
1957-58 |
| Enoch "Bud" Olsen |
Belmont |
UK |
NBA |
Cincinnati |
1962-65 |
|
| NBA |
San Francisco |
1965-68 |
| NBA |
Detroit |
1968-69 |
| ABA |
Kentucky |
1969-70 |
| Elwood Parsons |
|
|
|
|
1940s-50s |
Promoter |
| Jim Paxson Sr. |
Springfield Catholic |
UD |
NBA |
Minneapolis |
1956-57 |
|
| NBA |
Cincinnati |
1957-58 |
| Jim Paxson Jr. |
Alter |
UD |
NBA |
Portland |
1978-87 |
General Manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers from 1999-2005 |
| NBA |
Boston |
1987-90 |
| John Paxson |
Alter |
Notre Dame |
NBA |
San Antonio |
1983-85 |
Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations of the Chicago Bulls |
| NBA |
Chicago |
1985-93 |
| Ryan Perryman |
|
UD |
Argentina |
|
|
|
| Dominican Republic |
|
|
| Korea |
|
|
| Vitaly Potapenko |
|
WSU |
NBA |
Cleveland |
1996-98 |
|
| NBA |
Boston |
1998-02 |
| NBA |
Seattle |
2002-05 |
| NBA |
Sacramento & Seattle |
2005-06 |
| Mike Pratt |
Meadowdale |
UK |
ABA |
Kentucky |
1970-72 |
|
| Dave Reese |
|
Denison |
NBL |
|
|
Referee |
| Dan Sadlier |
|
UD |
Europe |
|
|
|
| Frank Sanders |
Stivers |
Southern |
NBA |
San Antonio |
1978-79 |
|
| Harry Schwab |
Stivers |
|
NBL |
Dayton Kellys |
1929 |
|
| Mike Sylvester |
|
UD |
Europe |
|
|
|
| Sedric Toney |
Wilbur Wright |
UD |
NBA |
Atlanta & Phoenix |
1985-86 |
|
| NBA |
New York |
1987-88 |
| NBA |
Indiana |
1988-89 |
| NBA |
Atlanta & Sacramento |
1989-90 |
| NBA |
Cleveland |
1993-94 |
| Al Tucker Sr. |
Roosevelt |
Alabama State |
|
Harlem Globetrotters |
|
|
| Al Tucker Jr. |
Jefferson |
Oklahoma Baptist |
NBA |
Seattle |
1967-68 |
|
| NBA |
Seattle & Cincinnati |
1968-69 |
| NBA |
Chicago & Baltimore |
1969-70 |
| NBA |
Baltimore |
1970-71 |
| ABA |
Florida |
1970-72 |
| Elgrace Wilborn |
Springfield South |
|
|
Harlem Globetrotters |
2006-07 |
|
| Tamika Williams |
Chaminade-Julienne |
U Conn |
WNBA |
Minnesota |
2002-06 |
|
| DaShaun Wood |
|
WSU |
Italian SerieA |
Tisettanta Cantu |
2007- |
|
| Dave Zeller |
Tecumseh |
Miami |
NBA |
Cincinnati |
|
|
| Jack Zimmerman |
Alter |
UD |
|
Washington Generals |
|
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