John “Jack” Cobb
Basketball
Inducted: 1968
- Born in Durham, 1904
- Attended Woodberry Forest High School in Woodberry, VA
- Basketball star at University of North Carolina
- Led UNC to a 26-0 record in 1924; team voted national champion by Helms Athletic Foundation
- Named Helms National Player of the Year in 1926
- Led UNC to 1924, 1925, and 1926 SC titles
- The 6-ft.-2-in. forward averaged 15 points per game
- After losing lower right leg in a 1929 automobile accident, he gave up coaching ambitions and entered business world
- Member of Helms Athletic Foundation College Basketball Hall of Fame
- Died in 1966
