Don Betourne
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Bourbonnais, Illinois | February 27, 1915
Died | March 18, 2002 Bourbonnais, Illinois | (aged 87)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
College | St. Viator (1933–1937) |
Position | Forward |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1937–1938 | Kankakee Gallagher Trojans |
As coach: | |
1937–1938 | Kankakee Gallagher Trojans |
Donald Joseph Betourne (February 27, 1915 – March 18, 2002) was an American professional basketball player and head coach.[1][2] He played in the National Basketball League for the Kankakee Gallagher Trojans during the 1937–38 season.[2] Betourne served as a player-coach for the Trojans (the only year the team existed).[1] He played at St. Viator College prior to his time in the NBL.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Don Betourne". Peach Basket Society. Blogspot. 13 August 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ^ a b "Donald Betourne NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 2002 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball coaches from Illinois
- Basketball players from Illinois
- Forwards (basketball)
- Kankakee Gallagher Trojans coaches
- Kankakee Gallagher Trojans players
- People from Bourbonnais, Illinois
- Basketball player-coaches
- Sportspeople from Kankakee County, Illinois
- St. Viator Irish basketball players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs