Glenn Roberts Traditional Cache
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On side of 23 south
Born October 25, 1912 in Wise, VA
Died May 21, 1980 (aged 67)
Height 6 ft. 4 in. and Weight 198 lb.
Center for Pound High School
Center for Emory and Henry College
Pro Basketball Career 1938-1939
Forward NBL for Firestone Non-Skids
Awards
Captain All State High School Team 2-Yrs.
All State College Team 4 years
All-American Team 1934-35 season
Member Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
First inductee into Emory and Henry
College's Sports Hall of Fame
Pro Team "Firestone Non-Skids"
NBL 1938-39 League Champions
Glenn Roberts' Pound, Virginia high school did not field a basketball team his first two high school years. Roberts’ team won the state championship his junior and senior years (1930 & 31). The team record for 1930 was 28 wins and 2 losses with 1931 being 35 wins and 0 losses. Roberts was designated captain of the All-State team both years. Roberts played varsity ball 4 years (1931-35) at Emory & Henry College scoring 2,013 points in 104 games for a per game average of 19.4 points in an era when team scores were seldom over 30 or 35 points per game.
One significant reason for Glenn Roberts’ prolific scoring was his use of a jump-shot. Historian and writer Stephen Fox, in his book “Big Leagues,” contends, after exhaustive research, that Glenn Roberts was the very first college player to utilize a jump-shot to such a scoring advantage. It was an offensive weapon the opposition had never seen before. cache is a 35mm log in bag
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