Lavern_Corbin

Vern Corbin

Vern Corbin

American basketball player

Lavern Corbin (died June 10, 1965) was an American basketball player who was an NCAA All-American as a senior at Cal in 1929. A center, Corbin played three seasons of college basketball between 1926–27 and 1928–29. Cal won conference titles every one of those years, and he twice led the league in scoring. He was an All-Pacific Coast Conference selection in 1929.[1] In high school, Corbin was a heralded player at Piedmont High School in Piedmont, California.

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Corbin died of cancer on June 10, 1965, in Los Angeles.[2]

References

General
  • "Pac-10 Annual Statistical Leaders". sportsstats.com. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
  • "Player Bio: Vern Corbin". University of California. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
  • Storm, Pamela; Filion, Ron (2006). "Piedmont High School: Class of Fall, 1924". Alameda County Genealogy. Archived from the original on January 20, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
Specific
  1. [1]
    "Pac-12 Conference 2011–12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. 2011. p. 118. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Bear cage great Vern Corbin dies". Oakland Tribune. June 10, 1965. p. 5. Retrieved January 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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