Bobby Lavin Explained

School:	Kentucky Wildcats
Pastschools:	Kentucky (1920–1921)
Currentposition:	Quarterback
Height Ft:	5
Height In:	7
Weight Lb:	140
Birth Date:	31 August 1900
Birth Place:	Paris, Kentucky
Death Place:	Brooklyn, New York
Highschool:	Paris

Robert Edward Lavin (August 31, 1900 – November 1, 1972) was a college football and basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats. On the football team, Lavin was a quarterback for coach Bill Juneau's Wildcats.^[1] In the 55–0 loss to Centre in 1921, Lavin was his team's lone star.^[2] The 1921 team scored on Vanderbilt for the first time.^[3] He was a guard on the basketball team, playing with Basil Hayden.^{[4] [5]} The 1921 basketball team won a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship.^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Kentucky Romps Over Maryville. 6. The Kentucky Kernel. October 15, 1920.
2. Book: Camp, Walter. National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Rules: Official Intercollegiate Football Guide. New York. 1922. Spalding's Athletic Library.
3. Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football. Nashville, TN, 1938
4. Web site: "UK-20 GA-19 Champs 1921", Group portrait of the Kentucky Basketball Champions of South 1921 "Coach Bucheit - 'Jimmy' Wilhelm - W. L. Poynts - 'Gibby' Smith - 'Daddy' Boles - Sam Ridgeway - Paul Atkins - Basil Hayden - 'Bill' King - 'Bobby' Lavin" - Kentucky Digital Library . June 7, 2016 . August 7, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807234047/http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt7ht727b08t_1_1 . dead .
5. Web site: UK Career Statistics for Bob Lavin .
6. Book: The University of Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia. Tom Wallace. 33. January 13, 2012. 9781613214794.