Robert Byron Rascoe (July 22, 1940 – August 24, 2024) was an American basketball player. He played in the

American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major professional basketball league that operated for nine seasons from 1967 to 1976. The upstart ABA operated in direct competition with the more established National Basketball Association thr ...

(ABA) with the Kentucky Colonels. On December 29, 2012,

Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky University (WKU) is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. It was founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a few decades earlier. It operates regional campuses in Glas ...

honored Rascoe's accomplishments by retiring his jersey in the rafters of EA Diddle Arena. Rascoe died in

Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green is a city in Warren County, Kentucky, United States, and its county seat. Its population was 72,294 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Kentucky, third-most populous city in the stat ...

, on August 24, 2024, at the age of 84.

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* 1940 births 2024 deaths American men's basketball players Basketball players from Kentucky Kentucky Colonels players New York Knicks draft picks Phillips 66ers players Shooting guards Small forwards Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball players {{Louisville-stub