PLAYER PROFILE

LEFTY BYERS

STATISTICS & HISTORY

Clifton “Lefty” Byers starred in basketball for Kansas State University, Babe Didrickson’s All-Americans and Olson’s Terrible Swedes in barnstorming circles and for the Goodyear Wingfoots before becoming the  Goodyears coach for three seasons in the mid-1930’s. His 1936-37 team won the Midwest Basketball Conference championship.

 

LEFTY BYERS Height: 5:11 Weight: 165 College: Kansas State’27
Clifton Andrew Byers Born:   Sep 6, 1905    Died:  May 25, 2000 Hometown: Grant, Ks
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1926-27 St.Joseph Hillyard Shine Alls AAU
1927-28  Olsen’s Terrible Swedes Indep
1928-29 OLsen’s Terrible Swedes Indep
1928-29 Flint Buick Flyers Indep
1929-30 Olsen’s Terrible Swedes Indep
1929-30 Akron Firestone Non-Skids Indep
1930-11 Akron Firestone Non-Skids Indep
1931-32 Hutchinson CReamery AAU
1932-33 Indep
1933-34 Babe Didrikson All-Stars Indep
1934-35
1935-36  Akr0n Goodyears  AAU
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POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1943-44 Akron Collegians WBT 1 0 0 0 0.0
Major League Totals 1 3 1 7 7.0

 

 

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