Weldon Kern
Personal information | |
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Born | Lawton, Oklahoma | April 30, 1923
Died | April 21, 2014 Shawnee, Kansas | (aged 90)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Listed weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Lawton (Lawton, Oklahoma) |
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Position | Guard |
Number | 7 |
Career history | |
1947 | Oklahoma City Drillers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Weldon Kern (April 30, 1923 – April 21, 2014) was an American basketball player. He won two national championships at Oklahoma A&M University and was later an early professional in the Professional Basketball League of America.
Kern, a 5'10 guard from Lawton, Oklahoma, attended Oklahoma A&M from 1944–46, winning championships as a starting forward for the Aggies in both 1945 and 1946 with future Hall of Fame teammate Bob Kurland.[1] Kern was named first team All-Missouri Valley Conference in 1946, in a year when all five Aggie starters composed the all-conference first team.[2]
Following the completion of his collegiate career, Kern signed with the Oklahoma City Drillers in the Professional Basketball League of America, a short-lived predecessor to the National Basketball Association.[3]
Kern died on April 21, 2014 at the age of 90.[4]
References
- ^ 2010-11 Oklahoma State men's basketball media guide, p. 187 Archived 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed May 31, 2011
- ^ 2008-09 MVC men's basketball media guide, p. 186[permanent dead link] Accessed May 31, 2011
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- ^ "OSU Loses Pair Of Iba-Era Basketball Players". Newson6.com. April 22, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
- 1923 births
- 2014 deaths
- Basketball players at the 1945 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1946 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from Oklahoma
- Cameron Aggies men's basketball players
- Guards (basketball)
- Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
- Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball players
- People from Shawnee, Kansas
- Professional Basketball League of America players
- Sportspeople from Lawton, Oklahoma
- American men's basketball players
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs