| Bobby Cook | |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 155 |
| Birth Date: | 1923 4, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Harvard, Illinois |
| Death Place: | Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
| High School: | Harvard (Harvard, Illinois) |
| College: | Wisconsin (1945–1948) |
| Draft League: | BAA |
| Draft Year: | 1948 |
| Career Start: | 1948 |
| Career End: | 1952 |
| Career Number: | 3 |
| Career Position: | Guard / forward |
| Years1: | 1948–1952 |
| Team1: | Sheboygan Red Skins |
| Cyears1: | 1951–1952 |
| Cteam1: | Sheboygan Red Skins |
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| Stats League: | NBA |
| Stat1label: | Points |
| Stat1value: | 587 (11.5 ppg) |
| Stat2label: | Assists |
| Stat2value: | 158 (3.1 apg) |
Robert Bernard Cook (April 1, 1923 – October 11, 2004)[1] was an American basketball player who played for the Sheboygan Red Skins in the National Basketball League, National Basketball Association and the National Professional Basketball League. Previously, he had been drafted by the Fort Wayne Pistons of the Basketball Association of America in 1948.
He played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin where he broke the scoring records of Johnny Kotz and Gene Englund.[2] [3] He was named to the All-Big Nine team as a junior and senior and led the conference in scoring in 1947 with 15.6 points per game. In 1992, he was elected to the UW Athletic Hall of Fame.[4] [5]
During the first season of the NBA, following the merger of the NBL and BAA, Cook set the NBA single game scoring record with 44 points in a 115–92 win against the Denver Nuggets on January 12, 1950.[6] [7] [8]
He is buried with his wife, Verone, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where he had owned a Ford dealership.
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