Gene White was one of the original members of the Milan, Indiana championship basketball team that inspired the film Hoosiers.
White's family owned a local feed store, and his mother sold some of the family's chickens to fund a trip to Indianapolis for the state championship.
White went on to attend Franklin College where he later taught mathematics and coached basketball.
White also taught second-level algebra and calculus at Franklin Community High School.
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