. "Ellis Eugene \"Gene\" Vance (February 25, 1923 \u2013 February 16, 2012) was an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Chicago Stags and a collegiate athlete for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini basketball team. He was most famous for leading Illinois as a member of the famed \"Whiz Kids\" of the 1940s. He was drafted into the NBA in 1948, and played for the Chicago Stags, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Milwaukee Hawks."@en . . . . . "American basketball player, college athletics administrator" . "Vance, Gene"@en . "1947Z"^^ . . "88452.0"^^ . "1923Z"^^ . "1.905"^^ . "1947Z"^^ . "1923-02-25Z"^^ . . "1952Z"^^ . "2012-02-16Z"^^ . "2012Z"^^ . "Gene Vance"@en . . . "Vance, Ellis Eugene"@en .