Norm Cottom attended Wiley High School in Terre Haute, Indiana where he lettered four years in basketball. Cottom played varsity basketball at Purdue University for three seasons (1933-35) and was named a consensus All-American at the end of the season of his junior (1934) season. Cottom briefly played professional basketball with Indianapolis in the Midwest Basketball Conference.
| NORM COTTOM |
Height: |
5:10 |
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Weight: |
170 |
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College: |
Purdue’35 |
| Norman Thomas Cottom |
Born: Mar 12, 1912 |
Died: Jul 1, 1972 |
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Hometown: |
Terre Haute, In. |
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REGULAR SEASON RECORD |
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| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
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| 1931-32 |
Purdue (Frosh) |
College |
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| 1932-33 |
Purdue |
College |
17 |
48 |
25 |
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121 |
7.1 |
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| 1933-34 |
Purdue |
College |
19 |
67 |
37 |
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171 |
9.0 |
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| 1934-35 |
Purdue |
College |
20 |
69 |
33 |
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171 |
8.6 |
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| 1935-36 |
Indianapolis Kauskys |
MBC |
7 |
8 |
12 |
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28 |
4.0 |
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Major League Totals |
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7 |
8 |
12 |
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28 |
4.0 |
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