Bobby Cook (basketball)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Harvard, Illinois | April 1, 1923
Died | October 11, 2004 Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | (aged 81)
Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Listed weight | 155 lb (70 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Harvard (Harvard, Illinois) |
College | Wisconsin (1945–1948) |
BAA draft | 1948: undrafted |
Playing career | 1948–1950 |
Position | Guard / Forward |
Number | 3 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1948–1950 | Sheboygan Red Skins |
As coach: | |
1951–1952 | Sheboygan Red Skins |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 587 |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Robert Bernard Cook (April 1, 1923 – October 11, 2004)[1] was a player in the National Basketball League and National Basketball Association. He played with the Sheboygan Red Skins from 1948 to 1950. Previously, he had been drafted by the Fort Wayne Pistons of the Basketball Association of America in 1948.
He is buried with his wife, Verone, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where he had owned a Ford dealership.
References
- ^ "Bobby Cook". Basketball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
Categories:
- 1923 births
- 2004 deaths
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball coaches from Illinois
- Basketball players from Illinois
- Fort Wayne Pistons draft picks
- Forwards (basketball)
- Guards (basketball)
- People from Harvard, Illinois
- People from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
- Sheboygan Red Skins coaches
- Sheboygan Red Skins players
- Wisconsin Badgers baseball players
- Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball players
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs