Bill Redd Explained

Position:	Center
Birth Date:	26 February 1900
Birth Place:	Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Death Date:	January, 1986
College:	Chattanooga (1920 - 1923)
Highlights:	All-Southern (1923, 1924)

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.^{[1] [2]} He was captain of the basketball and football teams in 1920. He also played baseball.^[3] He subsequently served as coach and athletic director,^[4] and organized Chattanooga's most successful professional basketball team, the Rail-Lites.^[5] He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.

Notes and References

1. News: All-Southern Basketball Team Picked by Writers. Asheville Citizen-Times . March 5, 1923. 8. November 12, 2017. Newspapers.com.
2. http://www.nmnathletics.com/attachments1/923.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4000 Archived copy
3. Book: Baseball in Chattanooga. 9780738542140. Jenkins. David. March 2006. Arcadia .
4. Web site: Southern Conference. soconsports.com. 23 March 2024.
5. Web site: Redd, William Cooper "Bill" « Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame .