University of Michigan Men's Basketball Team, 1983

Top Row: trainer Mark Healy, grad asst. Ernie Sellers, asst. coach Mike Boyd, head coach Bill Frieder, aast. coach Bud VanDeWege, mngr. Bill Mitchell

Middle Row: equip. mngr. Bob Hurst, Paul Jokisch, Robert Henderson, Roy Tarpley, co-captain Ike Person, co-captain Leo Brown, Tim McCormick, Butch Wade, Jon Antonides

Front Row: mngr. Bill Fleming, Ron Gibas, Richard Rellford, Dan Pelekoudas, Eric Turner, Leslie Rockymore, Robert McFarland, Gerard Rudy, Phil Giroux

University of Michigan Men's Basketball Team, 1983

Standing: Ike Person, Richard Rellford, Paul Jokisch, Robert Henderson, Roy Tarpley, Jon Antonides, Tim McCormick, Leo Brown, Butch Wade, Gerard Rudy, Leslie Rockymore, Robert McFarland, Ron Gibas

University of Michigan Men's Basketball Team, 1985

Back Row: coach Bill Frieder, asst. coach Steve Fisher, asst. coach David Hammer, asst. coach Mike Boyd, Charles DeGlopper, Ron Gibas, Gary Grant, Garde Thompson, grad. asst. Bill Mitchell, mngr. Phil Giroux, equip. mngr. Bob Hurst, trainer Dan Minert

Front Row: Antoine Joubert, Gerard Rudy, Butch Wade, Robert Henderson, Roy Tarpley, Steve Stoyko, Richard Rellford, Leslie Rockymore

1984 University of Michigan Men's Basketball Team, NIT Champions

Top Row: head coach Bill Frieder, Dan Pelekoudas, Leslie Rockymore, Gerard Rudy, Antoine Joubert, Eric Turner, Garde Thompson, asst. coach Steve Fisher, asst. coach Mike Boyd

Front Row: asst. coach Bud VandDeWege, Paul Jokisch, Robert Henderson, Tim McCormick, Roy Tarpley, Butch Wade, Richard Rellford, trainer Dan Minert.

Gerard Corley Smith

Obituary reprinted with permission from The Times, London.