Billy Joe Adcock

Billy Joe Adcock
Personal information
Born Evansville, Indiana
Career information
High school West (Nashville, Tennessee)
College Vanderbilt (1947–1950)
Position Forward
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-SEC (1948, 1950)
  • 2× AP Honorable mention All-American (1948, 1950)
  • Vandy Athletics Hall of Fame
  • Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
Not to be confused with Joe Adcock.

Billy Joe Adcock was a basketball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores. A prominent forward,[1] he was the first player to be awarded a basketball scholarship by the school.[2][3] He was also the school's first All-American basketball selection, by the Sporting News in 1950.[4] Adcock retired as Vanderbilt's all-time leading scorer.[5] He attended West High School in Nashville, where he was a three-year letterman in football and baseball as well as basketball.[6]

Early years

Adcock was born in Evansville, Indiana, but his family soon moved to Jackson, Tennessee.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Billy Joe Adcock Of Vanderbilt Is Leading Scorers". Times Daily. February 9, 1949.
  2. 1 2 Bill Traughber. Vanderbilt Basketball: Tales of Commodore Hardwood History.
  3. ↑ Huggins, Harold (2011-02-09). "Extra efforts paid off in Hall of Fame career for former Vanderbilt great". Nashville City Paper. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  4. ↑ "2013-14 Vanderbilt Men's Basketball Fact Book by Vanderbilt Commodores". ISSUU. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  5. ↑ "Retired Monsanto leader recalls years as Vanderbilt basketball standout". engineering.vanderbilt.edu. Vanderbilt School of Engineering. 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  6. ↑ "Adcock, Billy Joe « Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame". Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
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