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==Athletic career==

==Athletic career==

Because he averaged fifteen points per game as a forward at LSU, Lowther was named to the Helms Athletic Foundation All-America basketball team. He also finished in second and fourth places, respectively, in the [[javelin]] and pole vault in the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships. In 1995, on the occasion of his induction into the[Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Lowther told ''The Alexandria Town Talk''  that his success in javelin and pole vault was unusual because most athletes can excel at only one of the two competitions. Heavier athletes have an advantage with the javelin, and slimmer ones with the pole vault. He was 6'5" and weighed 185 pounds.<ref name=bio/>

Because he averaged fifteen points per game as a forward at LSU, Lowther was named to the Helms Athletic Foundation All-America basketball team. He also finished in second and fourth places, respectively, in the javelin and pole vault in the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships. In 1995, on the occasion of his induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in downtown [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Lowther told ''The Alexandria Town Talk''  that his success in javelin and pole vault was unusual because most athletes can excel at only one of the two competitions. Heavier athletes have an advantage with the javelin, and slimmer ones with the pole vault. He was 6'5" and weighed 185 pounds.<ref name=bio/>

Upon Lowther's death of a lengthy illness in Alexandria at the age of ninety-one, his long-time friend Frank S. Brian (born May 1923) of Baton Rouge became the lone survivor of the original five starting LSU players in the consecutive winning teams from 1945 to 1947. LSU had its best winning percentage (83.3) in those two seasons. The Tigers won fifty-three of sixty-four games when Lowther was on the court. In 1946, Lowther and four players from the [[University of Kentucky]] Wildcats were named to the five-man All-Southeastern Conference men's basketball first team.<ref name=bio/>

Upon Lowther's death of a lengthy illness in Alexandria at the age of ninety-one, his long-time friend Frank S. Brian (born May 1923) of Baton Rouge became the lone survivor of the original five starting LSU players in the consecutive winning teams from 1945 to 1947. LSU had its best winning percentage (83.3) in those two seasons. The Tigers won fifty-three of sixty-four games when Lowther was on the court. In 1946, Lowther and four players from the [[University of Kentucky]] Wildcats were named to the five-man All-Southeastern Conference men's basketball first team.<ref name=bio/>