Norman Cottom
- Category : 1912-births
- Type : MGE
- Profile : 6/2 - Role Model / Hermit
- Definition : Split - Small (10,14,15,19,20,30)
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Informing 1
Biography
American professional basketball player for the Indianapolis Kautskys (1935-1937) in the National Basketball League (NBL). Cottom played college basketball at Purdue University.
After playing for the Indianapolis Kautskys for two seasons and one season with the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight team, he moved into high school coaching in Alexandria and Terre Haute, Indiana, before moving to Fullerton, California to become chairman of Fullerton Union High School's social studies department. He died on 1 July 1972 at age 60 in Orange, California. In 1978, Cottom was enshrined in the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.