Hall of Fame
Billy Rucker, one of the school’s outstanding quarter-milers, was a four-year letterman in track and participated on the freshman basketball team at Eastern. He completed his four-year career at Eastern undefeated in the 440-yard dash and led the Maroons to their first Ohio Valley Conference championship in 1957.
That ’57 season saw Rucker finish first or second in five events at the OVC meet at Murfreesboro, Tenn., including the 100-yard, 220-yard dash and 440-yard dash, broad jump and the anchor leg of the mile relay.
Upon receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in industrial arts in 1959, he serve as an instrument designer with H.K. Ferguson Company in San Francisco, Calif., from 1960-62.
