Gene Vance
Ellis Eugene "Gene" Vance (born February 25 1923 in Clinton, IL) is an American former professional basketball player for the NBA's Chicago Stags and a former collegiate athlete for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini basketball team. He is most famous for leading Illinois as a member of the famed "Whiz Kids" of the 1940's. He was drafted into the NBA in 1948, and played for the Chicago Stags, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Milwaukee Hawks.
Married Grace Hobarg in 1948; married to her from 1948 until her death from stomach cancer in 1980; now married to Janann Duffy; has four children: Jon, Jim, Sue, and Marty.