Doyle Cofer
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Bruceville, Indiana | January 18, 1923
Died | January 15, 1999 Noblesville, Indiana | (aged 75)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Career information | |
College | Indiana State (1945–1946) |
Position | Forward |
Career history | |
1946–1947 | Terre Haute Commercial Solvents Norways |
1947–1948 | Terre Haute Flamingos |
1948 | Detroit Vagabond Kings |
1948–1949 | House of David |
1949–1950 | New York Celtics |
1950 | Indiana Clark Twins |
Doyle Cofer (January 18, 1923 – January 15, 1999) was an American professional basketball player.[1][2] He played in the National Basketball League for the Detroit Vagabond Kings during the 1948–49 season and averaged 3.4 points per game.[2]
He spent one season as a member of the Indiana State Sycamores. In his lone season, the Sycamores reached the finals of the 1946 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament, they were led by Glenn Curtis.
A civil engineer after basketball, Cofer was killed at age 75 in an accident when he was trying to load a bulldozer onto a flatbed.[1] The bulldozer toppled over and crushed him.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Doyle Cofer". Peach Basket Society. Blogspot. 27 June 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ a b "Doyle Cofer NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
Categories:
- 1923 births
- 1999 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
- Basketball players from Indiana
- Detroit Vagabond Kings players
- Forwards (basketball)
- Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball players
- People from Knox County, Indiana
- Military personnel from Indiana
- Accidental deaths in Indiana
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs