RIO GRANDE, Ohio (AP) Clarence ''Bevo'' Francis, who had 113 points for Rio Grande College in a 1954 game and was one of college basketball's great scorers, has died. He was 82. He died Wednesday at ...
WELLSVILLE – Bevo Francis was idolized at Wellsville High School before he was around the nation. “A lot of places he is,” said Bud Ceneviva, a 1954 graduate of Wellsville High School who played one ...
Long before Kareem and Hakeem or Michael and Magic, the most imposing basketball player in the land was a gangly country kid from rural Ohio named Bevo Francis. This was in the dark ages of the game, ...