Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Doyle Cofer

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Nationality
  
American

Position
  
Forward

Listed height
  
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Born
  
January 18, 1923 Bruceville, Indiana (
1923-01-18
)

Died
  
January 15, 1999(1999-01-15) (aged 75) Noblesville, Indiana

College
  
Indiana State (1945–1946)

1946–1947
  
Terre Haute Commercial Solvents Norways

Doyle Cofer (January 18, 1923 – January 15, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball League for the Detroit Vagabond Kings during the 1948–49 season and averaged 3.4 points per game.

He spent one season as a member of the Indiana State Sycamores. In his lone season, the Sycamores reached the finals of the 1946 NAIA Tourney, they were led by Glenn Curtis.

A civil engineer after basketball, Cofer was killed at age 75 in an accident when he was trying to load a bulldozer onto a flatbed. The bulldozer toppled over and crushed him.

References

Doyle Cofer Wikipedia