- Claude Virden
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Claude Virden was an American basketball player from Akron, Ohio.[1]
Career
Virden played college basketball for Murray State University.[2] Virden was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1970 NBA Draft and by the Kentucky Colonels in the 1970 American Basketball Association draft.[3]
After a stint in the United States Army,[4] Virden signed with the Kentucky Colonels. Virden played for part of the 1972-73 season for the Colonels, averaging 9.9 points per game as the team made it to the ABA Finals before losing the championship to the Indiana Pacers 4 games to 3.[5] A knee injury ended Virden's season and promising career.[6]
References
Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year 1963: Sergent | 1964: Jennings | 1965: Haskins | 1966: Haskins | 1967: Haskins | 1968: Chapman & Swift | 1969: Virden | 1970: McDaniels | 1971: McDaniels | 1972: Taylor | 1973: Taylor | 1974: Williams | 1975: Sorrell | 1976: Britt & Sisneros | 1977: Howard | 1978: Howard | 1979: Tillman | 1980: Hooker | 1981: Beck | 1982: Beck | 1983: Green & Jakubick | 1984: Jakubick | 1985: Kite | 1986: Boyce | 1987: McCann | 1988: Martin | 1989: Martin | 1990: Jones | 1991: Jones | 1992: Roberts | 1993: Rogers | 1994: Rogers | 1995: Brown | 1996: Brown | 1997: Wells | 1998: Mayes | 1999: Eley | 2000: Reese | 2001: Hassell | 2002: Domercant | 2003: Minard | 2004: Victor | 2005: Jenkins | 2006: Merritt | 2007: Reed | 2008: Hudson | 2009: Hudson | 2010: Faried | 2011: Faried
Categories:- 1947 births
- Kentucky Colonels draft picks
- Kentucky Colonels players
- Murray State Racers men's basketball players
- Seattle SuperSonics draft picks
- People from Akron, Ohio
- United States Army soldiers
- Living people
- North American basketball biography stubs
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