Ted Cook | |
Position: | Guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 160 |
Birth Date: | 15 April 1921 |
Birth Place: | Beckley, West Virginia |
Death Place: | Knoxville, Tennessee |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | Woodrow Wilson (Beckley, West Virginia) |
College: | Tennessee (1941–1943, 1946–1947) |
Draft Year: | 1947 |
Years1: | 1947 |
Team1: | Minneapolis Lakers |
Years2: | 1947–1949 |
Team2: | Snead Florists |
Years3: | 1948 |
Team3: | Sheboygan Red Skins |
Years4: | 1949 |
Team4: | Hammond Calumet Buccaneers |
Theodore Walker Cook (April 15, 1921 – May 19, 1990) was an American professional basketball player.[1] [2] He played for several teams in the National Basketball League, each for only a handful of games, and averaged 0.6 points per game.[1] [3] After basketball he became he Director of Recreation in Beckley, West Virginia.[2]
Cook attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley, West Virginia. He served as an officer in the United States Army Reserve and trained military working dogs during World War II.[4] [5] [6]