HOOP HISTORIANS
Committed to promoting goodwill through basketball

 Meet the Hoop Historians

 




 

      
   MEET THE HOOP HISTORIANS
   
 

  IN MEMORY

JOE FLAHERTY

March 28, 1962 - January 30, 2019
Elected as a member of the Hoop Historians:  March, 2007

 
  
   HOOP HISTORIANS NEWS ARCHIVES
  
 
  
   HOOP HISTORIANS PHOTO GALLERY 
 
 
 
   FINAL FOUR REPLAY REVIEW
   
 
  
   HOOP HISTORIANS IN THE COMMUNITY
   
 
  
   HOOP HISTORIANS IN THE MEDIA
   
 
  
   CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
   
 


Joe Flaherty was a physical education teacher who was involved in both men's and women's college basketball for three decades.  Joe worked the scorer's table at both DePaul and Marquette Universities -- including  26 seasons with the Blue Demons game day staff as the scoreboard operator at the Allstate Arena.  Flaherty attended seven Final Fours in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 and 2003.  He worked NCAA Men's Tournament games as scoreboard operator at Chicago in 1993 and 2005; at Milwaukee in 1996 and 1999; and for Women's Tournament games in 1996 and 2006 in Chicago.  Considered to be an "All-Star type of guy", Joe  attended professional all-star games in baseball, basketball and hockey, seeing the MLB All-Star Game in
1983, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003; the NBA All-Star Game in 1989; the NHL All-Star Game in 1991; and the Women's Final Four in 1997.

 






 

  
   OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
   
 
  
   HOOP HISTORIANS HISTORY
   
 
  
   FUTURE NCAA TOURNAMENT SITES
   
 
  
   SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW
   
 
  
   HOOP HISTORIANS TRIVIA
   
 
  
   MORE FUN STUFF
   
 
   
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Hoop Historians Biographies:   

Fred Allman - Mike Bailey - Larry Baker - Guy Baldwin - Steve Bennett - Al Benninger - Dennis Bracco - Brian Burmeister - Judi Caldwell - Bill Carsley - Hersh Cherson - Donny Daniels - Dave DeGrace - Dennis DeGraff - Matt DeGraff - Cal Dilworth - Ebony Donahue - Doug Erickson - Joe Flaherty - David Fray - Don Fromknecht - Bill Gappy - John Genova - Carrie Gibbons - Mike Gibbons - Jim Harrick - Billy T Haynes - Roland Hemond - Larry Holley - Dave Holmquist - Bob Hutchings - Pat Irvine - Bill Jauss - Mike Johnson - Mike Kerry - Dorothy Kim - Surl Kim - Neil King - Joseph Klebon - Steve Lavin - Les Lombardi - Joseph Lyons - Don MacKay - Nancy MacKay - Joe Makowski - Martin Makowski - Daniel Marinkovich Jim Martin - John Mayberry - John McCann - John P McCann - Kevin McCann - Dennis Mishko - Dennis Mishko Jr - Jillian Mishko - Samantha Mishko - Ted Murphy - Marianne Parrillo - Bren Petar - Kitty Petar - Ted Reineking - Jimmy Rogers - Mike Rossman - Al Sack - Darren Sack - Rick Schabowski - Richie Schueler Larry Seitlin - Danette Shirley - Joe Spagnolo - Paul Swanson - Tom Tallarito - Rose Tate - John Tierney - Steve Traktman - Dick Triptow - Vern Vegso - Jerry Wainwright - Gordon Welch - Frank Wilson - Jenna Wright - Raymond Zebro - Bruce Ziemer