Monday, December 5, 2016

Buck Sydnor

Wallace Browder "Buck" Sydnor, Jr.


Born:
September 19, 1921
Logan County, KY

Died:
September 17, 2003
Louisville, KY


Career
1936-37 Olmstead High School - Logan County, KY (High School)
1937-38 Olmstead High School - Logan County, KY (High School)
1938-39 Olmstead High School - Logan County, KY (High School)
1939-40 Western Kentucky University (College) Freshmen
1940-41 Western Kentucky University (College)
1941-42 Western Kentucky University (College)
1942-43 Western Kentucky University (College)
1946-47 Chicago Stags (BAA)
1947-48 Nashville Vols (SPBL)
1949-50 Daviess County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1950-51 Daviess County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1951-52 Daviess County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1952-53 Daviess County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1953-54 Daviess County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1954-55 Daviess County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1955-56 Daviess County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1956-57 Daviess County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1957-58 Daviess County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1957-58 Daviess County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1959-60 Daviess County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1960-61 Daviess County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1961-62 Daviess County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach 
1962-63 Hopkinsville High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1963-64 Bowling Green High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1964-65 Western Kentucky University (College) Assistant coach
1965-66 Western Kentucky University (College) Assistant coach
1966-67 Western Kentucky University (College) Assistant coach
1967-68 Western Kentucky University (College) Assistant coach
1968-69 Western Kentucky University (College) Assistant coach
1969-70 Western Kentucky University (College) Assistant coach
1970-71 Western Kentucky University (College) Assistant coach

After wrapping up a fine playing career at WKU, Sydnor served in the USMC during World War 2. He played a season with the Chicago Stags before a lengthy successful career of coaching high school basketball. He moved on from there to WKU as an assistant coach.

Sydnor married Willodene Hodges and they had three sons and a daughter.

Source:
Courier-Journal, March 29, 1964
Courier-Journal, September 19, 2003



Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sydnobu01.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=sydnobu01

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