Bobby Lavin

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]

Bobby Lavin
Kentucky Wildcats
PositionQuarterback
Personal information
Born:(1900-08-31)August 31, 1900
Paris, Kentucky
Died:November 1, 1972(1972-11-01) (aged 72)
Brooklyn, New York
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight140 lb (64 kg)
Career history
CollegeKentucky (1920–1921)
High schoolParis

References

  1. "Kentucky Romps Over Maryville". The Kentucky Kernel. October 15, 1920. p. 6.
  2. Camp, Walter (1922). National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Rules: Official Intercollegiate Football Guide. 45 Rose St, New York: American Sports: Spalding's Athletic Library.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football. Nashville, TN, 1938
  4. http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt7ht727b08t_1_1
  5. http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Players/Lavin_Bob.html
  6. Tom Wallace (January 13, 2012). The University of Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia. p. 33. ISBN 9781613214794.
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