Billy Joe Adcock

Billy Joe Adcock

Personal information
Born	Evansville, Indiana
Career information
High school	West (Nashville, Tennessee)
College	Vanderbilt (1947–1950)
Position	Forward
Career highlights and awards
2× First-team All-SEC (1948, 1950) 2× AP Honorable mention All-American (1948, 1950) Vandy Athletics Hall of Fame Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame

Billy Joe Adcock was a basketball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores. A prominent forward, he was the first player to be awarded a basketball scholarship by the school. He was also the school's first All-American basketball selection, by the Sporting News in 1950. Adcock retired as Vanderbilt's all-time leading scorer. He attended West High School in Nashville, where he was a three-year letterman in football and baseball as well as basketball.

Adcock was born in Evansville, Indiana, but his family soon moved to Jackson, Tennessee.

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