Jack Ozburn
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Murphysboro, Illinois | January 4, 1913
Died | February 14, 1969 Akron, Ohio | (aged 56)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Murphysboro (Murphysboro, Illinois) |
College | Monmouth (Illinois) (1930–1933) |
Position | Guard / Forward |
Career history | |
1937–1941 | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
1941–1942 | Toledo Jim White Chevrolets |
Career highlights and awards | |
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John Andrew Ozburn (January 4, 1913 – February 14, 1969) was an American basketball player who played five seasons in the American National Basketball League (NBL), a precursor to the modern NBA.
Ozburn starred in basketball and track at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Following his college career, he played for the Kansas City Santa Fe Trails of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), where he was named an AAU All-American in 1936. He then moved to the NBL, where he played four seasons for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids from 1937 to 1941, winning league titles in 1939 and 1940. He played one final NBL season for the Toledo Jeeps.[1]
References
- ^ "Summit County HOF profile". Retrieved August 18, 2015.
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Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1969 deaths
- Akron Firestone Non-Skids players
- Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Illinois
- Forwards (basketball)
- Guards (basketball)
- Monmouth Fighting Scots men's basketball players
- People from Jackson County, Illinois
- Toledo Jim White Chevrolets players
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs