Gene White was one of the original members of the Milan, Indiana championship basketball team that inspired the film Hoosiers .
At 5'11" White played center for the Milan Indians. White's family owned a local feed store, and his mother sold some of the family's chickens to fund a trip to Indianapolis for the state championship. White went on to attend Franklin College where he later taught mathematics and coached basketball. White also taught second-level algebra and calculus at Franklin Community High School.