Billy Joe Adcock Explained
| Billy Joe Adcock |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Birth Place: | Evansville, Indiana, U.S. |
| High School: | West (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| College: | Vanderbilt (1947 - 1950) |
| Draft Year: | 1950 |
| Draft Round: | 8 |
| Draft Pick: | 88 |
| Draft Team: | Fort Wayne Pistons |
| Career Position: | Forward / guard |
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Billy Joe Adcock was a basketball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores. A prominent forward,[1] he was the first player to be awarded a basketball scholarship by the school.[2] [3] He was also the school's first All-American basketball selection, by the Sporting News in 1950.[4] Adcock retired as Vanderbilt's all-time leading scorer.[5] He attended West High School in Nashville, where he was a three-year letterman in football and baseball as well as basketball.[6]
Early years
Adcock was born in Evansville, Indiana, but his family soon moved to Jackson, Tennessee.[2]
Notes and References
- News: Billy Joe Adcock Of Vanderbilt Is Leading Scorers. Times Daily. February 9, 1949.
- Book: Vanderbilt Basketball: Tales of Commodore Hardwood History. Bill Traughber. October 16, 2012. 9781614237242.
- News: Huggins . Harold . Extra efforts paid off in Hall of Fame career for former Vanderbilt great . Nashville City Paper . February 9, 2011 . October 2, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151003192303/http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/sports/extra-efforts-paid-hall-fame-career-former-vanderbilt-great . October 3, 2015 . dead .
- Web site: 2013-14 Vanderbilt Men's Basketball Fact Book by Vanderbilt Commodores . ISSUU . October 2, 2015.
- Web site: Retired Monsanto leader recalls years as Vanderbilt basketball standout . engineering.vanderbilt.edu . Vanderbilt School of Engineering . March 25, 2014 . October 2, 2015.
- Web site: Adcock, Billy Joe « Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame . Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame . October 2, 2015.
