Robert Watson "Babe" "Baby" Roane (September 26, 1901 – October 12, 1959) was a college basketball player for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, known as Tech's first basketball star. Later in life he was superintendent of Davenport Hosiery Mills in Chattanooga, Tennessee.[1]
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| Born | September 26, 1901 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Died | October 12, 1959 (aged 58) Chattanooga, Tennessee |
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| Position | Forward/guard |
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Georgia Tech
editTech's first basketball star[2] entered school in 1920, and played with the freshmen in 1921, until coach Bill Alexander inserted him to boost the strength of his varsity team.[3] He played forward and guard.[4][5] He was All-Southern in 1922 and 1923.[6][7][8] Roane was captain of the 1923-24 team.[9] He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 1971.[10]
One account reads "Roane is small in stature, but his ability to dribble, pass, and handle the ball eliminates the handicap. He is a dead shot if given half a chance, and is one of the greatest floormen in the south."[11]
References
edit- ^ "Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Vol. 38, No. 04 1959". Issuu. October 3, 2013.
- ^ "Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Vol. 49, No. 06 1971". Issuu. October 8, 2013.
- ^ "Roane Closes His Court Career In Tournament". Atlanta Georgian. February 29, 1924.
- ^ "Georgia Tech at Kentucky (February 23, 1924)". www.bigbluehistory.net.
- ^ 1971–1972 Georgia Tech Basketball Results ramblinwreck.com
- ^ "The Mercer Cluster. (Macon, Ga.) 1920-current, March 10, 1922, Image 1 « Georgia Historic Newspapers". gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu.
- ^ Year-by-Year Standings soconsports.com
- ^ "All-Southern Basketball Team Picked by Writers". Asheville Citizen-Times. March 5, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved November 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ https://finding-aids.library.gatech.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/33554
- ^ "1971 Georgia Tech Hall of Fame_Bobby Moorhead". The Miami News. May 12, 1971. p. 26 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Newspaper archive [dead link]
