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]
| Kentucky Wildcats | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Career history | |
| College | Kentucky (1920–1921) |
| High school | Paris |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | August 31, 1900 Paris, Kentucky |
| Died: | November 1, 1972 (aged 72) Brooklyn, New York |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) |
References
- "Kentucky Romps Over Maryville". The Kentucky Kernel. October 15, 1920. p. 6.
- Camp, Walter (1922). National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Rules: Official Intercollegiate Football Guide. 45 Rose St, New York: American Sports: Spalding's Athletic Library.CS1 maint: location (link)
- Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football. Nashville, TN, 1938
- http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt7ht727b08t_1_1
- http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Players/Lavin_Bob.html
- Tom Wallace. The University of Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia. p. 33.
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