Tribute Set Here For Hall of Famers C. Vivian Stringer and John Chaney

(Guru's note: This is the second of three blogs for Saturday -- one above and one below -- being separated because of unrelated contact.).

By Mel Greenberg

The plan at Guru central is to report on various aspects over the next week of Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer's journey to Springfield, Mass., where she will be inducted into the prestigious Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame along with former NBA greats Michael Jordan, David Robinson, and John Stockton , along with coach Jerry Sloan on Friday night.

Formal blogging will begin over the weekend, but the Guru begins by noting a special tribute is being planned in Philadelphia for Stringer, who also coached at Cheyney, and her longtime friend and former Cheyney colleague, John Chaney, also the former Temple coach who is already in Naismith, on Thursday, Sept. 17.

The event, according to information passed along here, is $75 per person with higher feels for combination tickets and program advertising. Proceeds will benefit the Student Scholarship Fund and Cheyney University Class of 1961 Memorial Fund.

The Tribute, which already lists a large group of well-known supporters, will be held at the First District Plaza, 3801 West Market St. (near Penn and Drexel), from 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Checks should be made out to GPUAC/C. Vivian Stringer and John Chaney Tribute. The Guru does not  have a mailing adress at the moment, but a contact number is listed at 215-681-1865.

Philadelphia-Area Inductees in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame

Assuming the Guru didn't miss a name (feel free to poke the Guru if so) on the list of past enshrinees with area connections already conducted -- most recently former Immaculata coach Cathy Rush a year ago -- here is the group of men and women Stringer will join.

Paul Arizin (player - Villanova, NBA Philadelphia Warriors)

Charles Barkley (player - Philadelphia 76ers)

Wilt Chamberlain (player - Warriors and 76ers)

Billy Cunningham (player and coach - 76ers)

Julius Erving (player - 76ers)

Tom Gola (player - La Salle and Warriors)

Hal Greer (player - 76ers)

Moses Malone (player - 76ers)

Earl Monroe (player and Phila. native - New York Kicks)

Dolph Schayes (player and coach - 76ers)

Geno Auriemma  (Grew up in Norristown, coach)

Larry Brown (coach - 76ers)

John Chaney (coach - Cheyney, Temple)

Chuck Daly (coach - Penn, assist coach 76ers)

Harry Litwack (coach - Temple)

Jack Ramsay (coach - St. Joseph's, 76ers)

Cathy Rush (coach - Immaculata)

C. Vivian Stringer (inductee-designate - Cheyney, Rutgers)

Eddie Gottlieb (Philadelphian - NBA founder, coach Warriors)

Mendy Rudolph (Philadelphian - referee)

Earl Strom (Pottstown - referee)

 Past Women's Coaches Inductees

Geno Auriemma (Connecticut)

Leon Barmore (Louisiana Tech)

Van Chancellor (Mississippi, WNBA-Houston, USA Olympic)

Jody Conradt (Texas)

Sue Gunter (Stephen F. Austin, LSU, USA Olympic)

Cathy Rush (Immaculata)

Pat Summitt (Tennessee, USA Olympic)

Margaret Wade (Delta State)

Kay Yow (North Carolina State, USA Olympic)

Much, much more to come

- Mel