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Ben Wilson started at St. Dorothy School and later transferred to Ruggles Middle School, graduating in 1981. Ben Wilson practiced at Cole Park in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood.[5]
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In the fall of 1981, he began his freshman year at Simeon Vocational High School in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the south side. He played on the school's junior varsity team for the 1981–82 season. For the 1982–83 season, Wilson was the only
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Simeon won its first Illinois State Championship in 1984, defeating top-ranked Evanston.
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In July 1984, Wilson attended the invitation-only Athletes For Better Education camp in Princeton, New Jersey
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On the afternoon of November 20,1984, Wilson was shot while walking up Vincennes Avenue with his girlfriend, Jetun Rush. There was a confrontation between Wilson and Billy Moore (aged 16) and blues musician Willie Dixon's grandson Omar Dixon (aged 15), an
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Chicago high school basketball legend Ben Wilson's son, Brandon--now a top player in New York--is following in the footsteps of a father whose future was tragically cut short.
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