Jack Cobb

Jack Cobb
Personal information
Born	August 4, 1904; Durham, North Carolina
Died	September 9, 1966 (aged 62); Greenville, North Carolina
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	Woodberry Forest; (Woodberry Forest, Virginia)
College	North Carolina (1923–1926)
Position	Forward
Career highlights and awards
	3× Consensus All-American (1924–1926); 3× All-Southern (1924–1926); National player of the year (1926); Helms national champion (1924); Jersey retired by the North Carolina Tar Heels;

John Blackwell Cobb (August 4, 1904 – September 9, 1966) was an American college basketball player at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1920s. Cobb led the Tar Heels to their first undefeated season in 1924 and to three straight Southern Conference titles (1924, 1925, 1926).^[1] Cobb was named national player of the year for 1926 by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2] The 1924 team was retroactively named national champion by the Helms Foundation in 1936. After defeating Alabama in the Southern Conference tournament, some 500 students marched to Cobb's house in Durham and woke up the household with fight songs.^[3] He averaged 15 points a game, then an incredible stat.^[4] 6' 2" was also a large size for a player in his day.

Cobb is one of eight Tar Heels basketball players who have had their jersey retired.

Cobb's dreams of pursuing a coaching career were dashed when he had a motorcycle accident in 1929 and lost part of his lower right leg.^[1] Cobb did continue to coach Little League baseball teams throughout much of his life.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame - Jack Cobb". Archived from the original on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
^ ^a ^b "Tarheelblue.com Media Guide" (PDF).
^ Rappoport, Ken (1 May 2012). "Tales from the North Carolina Tar Heels Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest UNC Basketball Stories Ever Told". Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. – via Google Books.
^ "U.N.C. basketball blue book". Chapel Hill, N.C. : Sports Division, University News Bureau. 19 November 1992 – via Internet Archive.

[ncshof.org-1] "North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame - Jack Cobb". Archived from the original on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2009-04-18.

[fansonly.com-2] "Tarheelblue.com Media Guide" (PDF).

[3] Rappoport, Ken (1 May 2012). "Tales from the North Carolina Tar Heels Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest UNC Basketball Stories Ever Told". Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. – via Google Books.

[4] "U.N.C. basketball blue book". Chapel Hill, N.C. : Sports Division, University News Bureau. 19 November 1992 – via Internet Archive.

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