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Born | (1900-02-26)February 26, 1900 Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | January, 1986 |
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Position | Center |
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William Cooper Redd (February 26, 1900 – January, 1986) was an athlete at the University of Chattanooga. He was an All-Southern center and player-coach on the basketball team, leading the team to a runner-up finish in the 1923 SoCon tournament. He was captain of the basketball and football teams in 1920. He also played baseball. He subsequently served as coach and athletic director, and organized Chattanooga's most successful professional basketball team, the Rail-Lites. He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.
References
- "All-Southern Basketball Team Picked by Writers". Asheville Citizen-Times. March 5, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved November 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. [REDACTED]
- Archived copy Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Jenkins, David (March 2006). Baseball in Chattanooga. Arcadia. ISBN 9780738542140.
- "Southern Conference" (PDF). soconsports.com. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- "Redd, William Cooper "Bill" « Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame".
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