1936 Boys Basketball

Decatur High School

State Champions

Inducted January 2019

The 1935-36 team wasn’t expected to make state but caught fire at the end of the season and won the title with a 24-11 record. Decatur beat Peoria Manual 17-13, then knocked off Hull 30-27, Johnston City 20-19 in the semifinals and Danville 26-22 in the state title game. The team was led by DPS Athletic Hall-of-Famers Dale Minick and Ken Park. Pictured are, front row, coach Gay Kintner, Park, Harold Baker, Paul Weingand, Minick and Eddie Reynolds, and back row, Wendell Bauman, Dean Butts, Bob Fisher, Vic Walters and Bill Dearth.





Herald & Review Sept, 2022.