Bill Redd
American football and basketball player
About Bill Redd
Lived 1900 – 1986 (aged 85–86). Bill Redd was a baseball player, basketball player and american football player.
William Cooper Redd (February 26, 1900 – January, 1986) was an athlete at the University of Chattanooga. He was an All-Southern center and player-coach on the basketball team, leading the team to a runner-up finish in the 1923 SoCon tournament. He was captain of the basketball and football teams in 1920. He also played baseball. He subsequently served as coach and athletic director, and organized Chattanooga's most successful professional basketball team, the Rail-Lites. He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.
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Who was Bill Redd?
American football and basketball player
When was Bill Redd born?
Bill Redd was born on 26 February 1900 in Chattanooga.
When did Bill Redd die?
Bill Redd died in 1986.
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Bill Redd was a baseball player, basketball player and american football player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bill Redd. https://biography.guide/bill-redd/
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