Nationality American | Listed weight 155 lb (70 kg) Name Bob Royer | |
Born October 15, 1927 ( 1927-10-15 ) Died May 30, 1973(1973-05-30) (aged 45) High school Bowling Green
(Bowling Green, Indiana) College Indiana State (1946–1949) | ||
Listed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Robert D. "Bob" Royer (October 15, 1927 – May 30, 1973) was an American professional basketball player. Royer was selected in the eighth round in the 1949 BAA Draft by the Providence Steamrollers. He played for the Denver Nuggets in 1949–50 before ending his NBA career after one season.
Royer attended Bowling Green High School in Bowling Green, Indiana. While at Indiana State University, Royer was a 3-year letterman for the Sycamores, helping the team reach the NAIB Finals, finishing as National Finalist in 1946 and 1948 and 4th place in 1949. During his collegiate career, the Sycamores recorded a record of 72-22 (.766), won three IIC titles and three NAIA District titles.
Royer played for Glenn M. Curtis as a freshman, the legendary John Wooden as a sophomore and junior, and John Longfellow during his senior seasion in 1949.
Royer is scored 1,173 points during his collegiate career; he was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1948-49 Midwest Collegiate Basketball Tournament.
On May 29, 1973, Royer went to the workplace of Elizabeth Conde Darling, a woman he had been having an affair with, and shot her to death. He fled the scene, and on the next day, he committed suicide in his car with a shotgun blast to his abdomen.