Bobby Plump

There's maybe about six or seven of them that are still living, and, uh, but they're, you know, they're...

Well, Bobby Plump, uh, just turned 90 within the last month or so.

Mm-hmm.

So they're, they're getting up there, but they, they still get around to some of these events, so we're, we're hoping a few of those, uh, guys will be there.

... it's pretty clear that [laughs] there are about two, uh, similarities to the actual story.

Uh, in 1954, a high school, um, called Milan High School with about 105 students does win the state championship, uh, and it is won by their star player, a guy named Bobby Plump, who is not Jimmy Chitwood.

And then, um-

Both incredible names, by the way.

Like, I don't know why you wouldn't just-

[laughs]

... use Bobby Plump, but...

[laughs] Bobby Plump from the corner.

It's based on the Milan Miracle in 1954, high school, the movie Hoosiers.

Bobby Plump was the actual guy who hit the shot to win the title, and he held the ball for like four minutes.

And if you watch the end of the game, Jimmy Chitwood holds the ball for like 20 seconds.

So it's similar-ish, and they definitely look like 50s basketball players.