Doyle Cofer | |
Position: | Forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Birth Date: | 18 January 1923 |
Birth Place: | Bruceville, Indiana |
Death Place: | Noblesville, Indiana |
Nationality: | American |
College: | Indiana State (1945–1946) |
Years1: | 1946–1947 |
Team1: | Terre Haute Commercial Solvents Norways |
Years2: | 1947–1948 |
Team2: | Terre Haute Flamingos |
Years3: | 1948 |
Team3: | Detroit Vagabond Kings |
Years4: | 1948–1949 |
Team4: | House of David |
Years5: | 1949–1950 |
Team5: | New York Celtics |
Years6: | 1950 |
Team6: | Indiana Clark Twins |
Doyle Cofer (January 18, 1923 – January 15, 1999) was an American professional basketball player.[1] [2] He played in the National Basketball League for the Detroit Vagabond Kings during the 1948–49 season and averaged 3.4 points per game.[2]
He spent one season as a member of the Indiana State Sycamores. In his lone season, the Sycamores reached the finals of the 1946 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament, they were led by Glenn Curtis.
A civil engineer after basketball, Cofer was killed at age 75 in an accident when he was trying to load a bulldozer onto a flatbed.[1] The bulldozer toppled over and crushed him.[1]