Bobby Plump was a member of the Milan High School basketball team

1954 Milan High School basketball team

The 1954 Milan High School Indians were the Indiana state high school basketball champions in 1954. With an enrollment of only 161, the Indians were the smallest school ever to win a single-class state basketball title in Indiana. The team and town are the inspiration for the 1986 film Hoosiers...

 that won the Indiana High School Athletic Association

Indiana High School Athletic Association

The Indiana High School Athletic Association is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private high schools in the State of Indiana. It monitors a system that divides athletically-competing high schools in Indiana based on the school's enrollment. The divisions, known as...

 (IHSAA) State Tournament in 1954. Plump was named one of the Most Noteworthy Hoosier

Hoosier

Hoosier is the official demonym for a resident of the U.S. state of Indiana. Although residents of most U.S. states typically adopt a derivative of the state name, e.g., "Indianan" or "Indianian", natives of Indiana rarely use these. Indiana adopted the nickname "Hoosier State" more than 150...

s of the 20th century by Indianapolis Monthly Magazine. He was also one of the 50 greatest sports figures from Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

 in the 20th century, according to Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...

.

After graduating from Butler University, he played three years for Phillips 66 of the National Industrial Basketball League

National Industrial Basketball League

The National Industrial Basketball League was founded in 1947, to enable mill workers a chance to compete in basketball. The league was founded out of the teams that did not join the newly formed NBA...

. Following his professional sports career with Phillips 66, he began a near forty year career in the life insurance and financial consulting industry. After retiring from that career; he established "Plump's Last Shot," a restaurant in the Broad Ripple neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Bobby Plump and his high school teammates were the inspiration behind the hit movie
Hoosiers

Hoosiers

Hoosiers is a 1986 sports film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that wins the state championship. It is loosely based on the Milan High School team that won the 1954 state championship....

with Gene Hackman.

Further reading

Pieratt, Marty and Ken Honeywell Bobby Plump : last of the small town heroes, Indianapolis, IN: Good Morning Pub., 1997

External links

• Bobby Plump at Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
  Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
  The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame is a sports museum and hall of fame in New Castle, Indiana. It honors men and women associated with high school, college and professional basketball in Indiana....
  
  
• USA Today article on Milan, IN
• New York Times article on Bobby Plump