JD Heel
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Thought the Clemson folk might want to see this:
<a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news/ap/20020622/ap-obit-roberts.html" target="_blank">Former Clemson coach Bobby Roberts dead at 74</a>
June 22, 2002
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -- Former Clemson men's basketball coach Bobby Roberts, who led the Tigers to their best record in 63 years during the 1966-67 season, died at his home in Aiken, S.C., on Saturday. He was 74.
Roberts, who had been battling lung cancer for several years, coached at Clemson from 1962-70.
Tigers coach Larry Shyatt respected Roberts' ``ability to make everyone around him feel better separated him from many others. His contributions to Clemson basketball and the university in general were significant.''
Born in Laurens, S.C., Roberts was hired as Clemson's freshmen coach in 1958 and went 50-20 in four seasons. He was hired as the Tigers' varsity coach in 1962.
During the 1966-67 season, the Tigers went 17-8 -- their best record in 63 years. Clemson went 9-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, including a streak of seven straight wins -- a school record that still stands.
The Tigers went 8-6 in the ACC the previous season, and Roberts remains the only Clemson coach to post consecutive winning conference records. He's also the only Clemson coach to defeat North Carolina four times in as many years.
Roberts is survived by his wife Bobbie Ann, and children Mike, the men's basketball coach at South Carolina-Aiken, and Lessie.
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06-24-2002 01:38 PM |
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NCTrafficMan
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Roberts was a Good Man...
My Thoughts and sympathies are with his family and friends during this tough time...
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06-24-2002 02:23 PM |
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CougarReggie
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my prayers to the lost one and the family.
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07-29-2002 09:38 PM |
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CougarReggie
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SORRY FOR USING AN UNC ICON.
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07-30-2002 12:18 PM |
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JD Heel
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That's better.... (*thumbs up* icon to you, but not on the thread -- considering the subject matter).
-JD
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07-30-2002 12:55 PM |
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