Wow, this is sad. Boozer was a great layer for the Bulls. He was on the Bulls for their first four seasons and played with Jerry Sloan and Guy Rodgers. Johnny Red Kerr was their head coach. Boozer was a great pure shooter.
I remember whenever Boozer scored the PA announcer would say, “Two for Boooooooooooooozer.”
That was when I first got interested in basketball, both watching and playing. I remember Bob Boozer as being one of the Bulls' best players. I especially followed the Bulls a few years later, when Dick Motta became the coach, and they had Jerry Sloan, Bobby Weiss, Chet Walker, Bob Love, and Tom Boerwinkle. Went to lots and lots of games at the old Chicago Stadium in the early '70s.
I once sat down on a bench at O’Hare Field on my many passes through there, and Johnny Kerr sat down on the other end. This was during the time that he was coaching the Phoenix Suns; since I myself was a Phoenician at the time, I recognized him from the games I attended and also the sports on TV.
Chicago news/sportscaster Wendell Smith came along and sat next to Johnny, and carried on an informal conversation with him.