Gene Hackman and 'Hoosiers' long have been point of pride for tiny Milan, Indiana
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FILE - Actor Gene Hackman gives fictional Hickory High basketball players instructions during filming of the final game of the movie "Hoosiers" at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the Butler University campus, Friday, Dec. 6, 1985 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland, File)FILE - Signed jerseys left behind by high school teams hang at The Hoosier Gym, where many scenes from the movie "Hoosiers" was filmed in the mid-1980s plays host to dozens of high school games each year as fans still flock to the site, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, in Knightstown, Ind. (AP Photo/Tim Reynolds, File)FILE - Leon Agullana, a member of the 1954 Muncie Central High School basketball team that lost to Milan High School in the Indiana state finals, poses at his home in Albany, Ind., Wednesday, May 20, 2020. The story of Milan's thrilling run to the Indiana state title inspired the movie "Hoosiers." (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)FILE - The Hoosier Gym, where many scenes from the movie "Hoosiers" was filmed in the mid-1980s plays host to dozens of high school games each year as fans still flock to the site, is shown Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, in Knightstown, Ind. (AP Photo/Tim Reynolds, File)FILE - Bobby Plump, right, star of the 1954 Milan state championship basketball team that inspired the movie "Hoosiers," poses for a portrait with the movie's writer, Angelo Pizzo, March 27, 2021, during a Sweet 16 NCAA men's college basketball game at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast, File)FILE - Actor Gene Hackman waves as he starts out for a practice run in his Toyota Celica, Feb. 5, 1983 at the Daytona International Speedway in preparation for the Daytona 24 Hour Endurac Race. This race marks the start of Hickman?s career as a professional driver. (AP Photo/Bob Self, File)FILE - In this 1993 file photo, actor Gene Hackman is seen. (AP Photo/File)
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FILE - Actor Gene Hackman gives fictional Hickory High basketball players instructions during filming of the final game of the movie "Hoosiers" at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the Butler University campus, Friday, Dec. 6, 1985 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland, File)
