Scott was a Centralia High
School All-State basketball stand-out in the
1930’s. On the track he held CHS 880
record at 2:00.3 in 1937. He was basketball captain at Illinois State
University in 1942. In one memorable ISU
game he scored 21 points as they beat UCLA
37-21. That UCLA team had a player by the
name of Jackie Robinson. John later played with the Globetrotters.
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