European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Erot Leeover v. It i. A a. A a s4s Meridith wind of Henry Iii right May be Good enough Tor an All England team but he Hasni to yet scored 93 Points in a game like his father Plank left father and son continued from the cover table Well not immediately. A the single greatest thing in my household is my children Saca. Demies Quot Hank says a athletics is Fine. Its great. It has a place. Blit when we come Home and sit around the dinner table we done to talk about basketball until later. 1 want to find out How he a doing in Quot i Lank an Inch Shorter than his son uses athletics As just one tool in preparing his children to set and reach their goals in life. Quot i believe athletics is the Only vehicle where you can just about conquer any social problem in the world Quot i Lank said. He uses the game of basketball to make the Point. A if in a out Here on the floor Lam not going to deny passing you a Lay up because of our color or because you Are Short Quot he said. Quot All that goes out the window when you conic on the floor. Yoy have just two things. You be got to play together and you want to win. That a a Universal Hank officially Henry Brown jr., is ail 18-year air Force Veteran who has been playing basketball for 28 years. A senior master sergeant at Raf Croughton a satellite base of Raf upper Heyford in England Hank now plays on a British team part of a Semi professional league of British army players. Its the second tour in England for Hank who is the combat arms training and maintenance superintendent at his base and England is where some of his More memorable games occurred. In 1975, when he had his highest Point output he was playing for the Raf Bent Waters phantoms against Raf Wethersfield. The game was to determine if Bents aters went to the Safe tournament. After a Pep talk from the coach telling them about the misery they would suffer if they lost Hank and company took the floor. Quot until that time the most id scored was 50 to 60 Points Quot the Highland Park mich., native said. Quot but after 1 scored 93, it was like i was unconscious. We beat them 145-98. It was just unbelievable Quot. His second highest Point total happened while playing on a British army team from Bicester a near Oxford. The team is part of a Semi a rfcs signal league but Hank and other members of the team including two other. Americans done to. Get paid the team can to afford it. In that game they set a league record pounding Oxford polytechnic 201-101. / Quot i could Tell i was having a Good night a Hank said with relish. A in that game 1 had six 6-Point plays. Under International rules if you get fouled when footing for three then you get three free throw attempts. So it keeps a Man honest. You done to foul him if he a shooting for three. But somebody forgot to Tell both scoring outbursts proved to be mentally and physically debilitating for Hank. After each contest he fell asleep White eating dinner. Hank also enjoyed playing for base teams at the american basis but made the shift to a British team because of a change in philosophy on american teams. Quot two years ago i had retired from basketball a Hank said. Quot i had played for r of upper hey Ford the first year i came Back to England. I. Found that players were no longer interested in. Representing their base. They Are interested in representing themselves. It was t fun . He was Able to regain that by playing for the British team. And his 15-Ycar-old son the first american Ever selected on the All England under-15 basketball team shares the a sentiments. A. Quot a lot of americans underrate the British. Teams Quot said Henry Iii Quot they done to really Ven. Ture outside their own country to look at other basketball. But i feel its a very High Standard of competition.�?�. Every third weekend and on tie weekend before an International game Henry 111 said the team has training weekends going through a scr. Discs plays drills and scrimmages for scrimmages they usually play a local team. The training seems to have paid off. Although Henry Iii has t matched his father in the most Points scored he averages 16 Points a game 10 rebounds and five to six blocked shots. His Best game to Date saw him making a triple double in a contest against Wales. He had Points 15 rebounds and 10 blocked shots. The Center Forward did no to always like playing basketball. He started at the age of 6, but decided it Wasny to for him. He got into it again when he was 12 years old but still had some problems. A i did no to like it because my father was involved a Henry Iii said As his father chuckled in the background. Quot i let him come and watch any of my games. I did no to like him shouting at me because he would see something j could do better and i did t do Henry in is the product of a two culture family. His Mother Marian was born in Ipswich England. That a also where he was born and his 9-year-old sister Danielle was born in Oxford. Other than his father Henry Iii is the Only member of the family involved . He has got Strong ideas about professional sports and his future plans. A i would like to go to a univer sity and become a lawyer Quot Henry i said. Quot but id also like to play College he has said he has thought about playing professional basketball but does no to care for the idea of being a sports personality. Quot they done to actually use you a he said. Quot but if you play for them become injured and done to do so Well when you come Back they wont w ant you. If i have an education to fall Back on then in Mok a his dad agrees. Despite his songs and his own Success in the game Hank has a More imperative Point to make Quot its important to me that when i get up in the morning Quot he said �?o1 know that my children Are going to be Able to perform and function in society As productive 4 a sunday april 21,1991
