Bill Laughlin
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Hookstown, Pennsylvania | December 10, 1915
Died | November 22, 1993 Washington, Pennsylvania | (aged 77)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | East Liverpool (East Liverpool, Ohio) |
College | Washington & Jefferson (1935–1938) |
Position | Forward |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1938 | Elmira Colonels |
1938–1939 | Cleveland White Horses |
1939–1941 | East Liverpool Fleetwing |
As coach: | |
1939–1943 | East Liverpool HS |
1946–1962 | Washington HS |
William Merle Laughlin (December 10, 1915 – November 22, 1993) was an American professional basketball player.[1][2] He played for the Elmira Colonels in the New York State Professional Basketball League, as well as the Cleveland White Horses in the National Basketball League.[2] In the NBL, he averaged 8.6 points per game.[1][3]
After his playing career, Laughlin served in the Navy during World War II, then became a high school teacher and basketball coach.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bill Laughlin NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Bill Laughlin". Peach Basket Society. October 13, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
- ^ "Bill Laughlin Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 1993 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- United States Navy personnel of World War II
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- Cleveland White Horses players
- Forwards (basketball)
- High school basketball coaches in Ohio
- High school basketball coaches in Pennsylvania
- Sportspeople from Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- Washington & Jefferson Presidents men's basketball players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs