Member of OCHS All-Century Basketball Team Dies
Ed Keenan, a member of the Ocean City High School Basketball Team of the Century, died yesterday at age 76 in Pompano Beach, Florida.
Keenan set the OCHS single-season scoring record in the 1948-49 season by scoring 349 points in 19 games, an 18.4 average. He led the team, coached by Fenton Carey, to the very first Cape-Atlantic League championship and a 17-2 record. The team lost to Penn Charter in December before winning 16 straight. They lost to Riverside by five points in the Group 1 Tournament.
Other members of that team included Joe Myers, Bob Christian, Tom Selby, Ellis Ford, Joe Avis and Andy Jernee. Keenan's single-season record lasted three years until Bert Avis scored 360 points in 1951-52. The record is currently 766 by Derrick Yeoman in 1990-91.
Keenan made another major impact on the Ocean City sports scene. While playing in a Summer League game on the Sixth Street courts in the 1950s, he was driving to the basket and was knocked into the pole supporting the backboard by a defender. He suffered an eye injury but was able to return to action later. That injury forced the Recreation Department to pad the poles for the first time.
Keenan set the OCHS single-season scoring record in the 1948-49 season by scoring 349 points in 19 games, an 18.4 average. He led the team, coached by Fenton Carey, to the very first Cape-Atlantic League championship and a 17-2 record. The team lost to Penn Charter in December before winning 16 straight. They lost to Riverside by five points in the Group 1 Tournament.
Other members of that team included Joe Myers, Bob Christian, Tom Selby, Ellis Ford, Joe Avis and Andy Jernee. Keenan's single-season record lasted three years until Bert Avis scored 360 points in 1951-52. The record is currently 766 by Derrick Yeoman in 1990-91.
Keenan made another major impact on the Ocean City sports scene. While playing in a Summer League game on the Sixth Street courts in the 1950s, he was driving to the basket and was knocked into the pole supporting the backboard by a defender. He suffered an eye injury but was able to return to action later. That injury forced the Recreation Department to pad the poles for the first time.
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