Paul LaBrue, a key member of OSU’s 1965 Big Eight champion basketball team, died Friday when he was hit by a truck while he was walking in his Goddard, Kan., neighborhood. LaBrue was 72.
“He was the sixth man,” said LaBrue’s OSU teammate, Gene Johnson. “Very physical at 6-foot-2, 185 pounds. Excellent defender, leaper and rebounder who could hit the 15-, 18-foot shot, or if there was a crack in the defense, take it to the hole with authority. Clutch player, usually in the game during the last five minutes.”
LaBrue’s nickname was Brickman, “because if Mr.