Bobby Roberts (basketball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1927
Place of Birth: Laurens, South Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 22-Jun-2002
Profession: basketball player
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Bobby Roberts (basketball)
- Bobby Roberts (December 19, 1927 – June 22, 2002) was an American college basketball coach for Clemson University from 1962 to 1970. Roberts played for Mars Hill Junior College (now Mars Hill University) and Furman.
- He joined Clemson in 1958 as an assistant and coach of the freshman team.
- He was promoted to head coach when Press Maravich left the Tigers to take an assistant coaching position under Everett Case at NC State.Roberts coached the Tigers for eight seasons.
- He was the first coach in school history to lead the ram to consecutive winning seasons in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), in 1965–66 and 1966–67.
- Roberts resigned his post with six regular-season games to go the 1969–70 season, to be effective at the end of the year.
- The team finished 7–19 in his last year.Roberts died on June 22, 2002 at age 74 at his home in Aiken, South Carolina.
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