Weldon Kern | |
Position: | Guard |
Number: | 7 |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 145 |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | 30 April 1923 |
Birth Place: | Lawton, Oklahoma |
Death Place: | Shawnee, Kansas |
Highschool: | Lawton (Lawton, Oklahoma) |
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Years1: | 1947 |
Team1: | Oklahoma City Drillers |
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Weldon Kern (April 30, 1923 – April 21, 2014) was an American basketball player. He won two national championships at Oklahoma A&M University and was later an early professional in the Professional Basketball League of America.
Kern, a 5'10 guard from Lawton, Oklahoma, attended Oklahoma A&M from 1944–46, winning championships as a starting forward for the Aggies in both 1945 and 1946 with future Hall of Fame teammate Bob Kurland.[1] Kern was named first team All-Missouri Valley Conference in 1946, in a year when all five Aggie starters composed the all-conference first team.[2]
Following the completion of his collegiate career, Kern signed with the Oklahoma City Drillers in the Professional Basketball League of America, a short-lived predecessor to the National Basketball Association.[3]
Kern died on April 21, 2014, at the age of 90.[4]