Harry Sorensen (basketball)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Hardy, Nebraska | March 27, 1914
Died | April 28, 1991 Quincy, Illinois | (aged 77)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Hardy (Hardy, Nebraska) |
College | Nebraska (1934–1937) |
Position | Forward / Center |
Career history | |
1939–1941 | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Harry Louis Sorensen (March 27, 1914 – April 28, 1991) was an American professional basketball player.[1][2] He played for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids in the National Basketball League for two seasons and averaged 1.6 points per game.[1][3]
Sorensen served in the Army in World War II.[2] He then worked for Firestone in Ravenna, Ohio before the company transferred him to Decatur, Illinois, where he was employed until retirement in 1976.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Harry Sorensen NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Harry Sorensen". Peach Basket Society. November 12, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
- ^ "Harry Sorensen Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1991 deaths
- Akron Firestone Non-Skids players
- American men's basketball players
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- Basketball players from Nebraska
- Centers (basketball)
- Forwards (basketball)
- Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball players
- People from Nuckolls County, Nebraska
- People from Ravenna, Ohio
- Sportspeople from Decatur, Illinois
- Military personnel from Nebraska
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs