About Dick Cochran
Lived 1907 – 1971 (aged 63–64). Dick Cochran was a basketball player.
Richard W. Cochran (December 22, 1907 – April 24, 1971) was an American basketball player and coach who was the interim head basketball coach at Tufts from 1944 to 1946.
Biography Cochran starred with his brother Arthur Cochran at Medford High School, then played for two years at the East Maine Conference Seminary. He entered Tufts University in 1930 and was captain of the basketball team and class president his senior year. He graduated from Tufts with a degree in civil engineering in 1934. He led the team to an appearance in the 1945 NCAA basketball tournament.
In 1952, Cochran returned to the Wellfleet Consolidated School. He remained in Wellfleet until his death on April 24, 1971.
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Who was Dick Cochran?
American basketball player and coach (1907–1971)
When was Dick Cochran born?
Dick Cochran was born in 1907.
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Dick Cochran died in 1971.
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Dick Cochran was a basketball player.
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