Bob Dro

Robert Chester Dro


Born:
October 12, 1918
Berne, IN  

Died:
May 4, 2006
Indianapolis, IN


Career
1933-34 Berne High School - Indiana (High School)
1934-35 Berne High School - Indiana (High School)
1935-36 Berne High School - Indiana (High School)
1936-37 Berne High School - Indiana (High School)
1938-39 Indiana University (College)
1939-40 Indiana University (College)
1940-41 Indiana University (College)
1941-42 Indianapolis Kautskys (NBL)
1946-47 Bluffton High School - Indiana (High School) - Head Coach
1947-48 Bluffton High School - Indiana (High School) - Head Coach

Born in 1918 to Ervin (1892-1965) and Ida (1894-1976) Dro, Bob was a baseball and basketball player at Berne HS and then Indiana. He put in a season with the Kautskys and also played one season of minor league baseball in the Brooklyn Dodgers' farm system but an injury brought that to an end.
In 1957, Dro joined the IU athletic department where he stayed for 27 years. He died in 2006 after battling Alzheimer's Disease. He was married Jean Weber (1919-2006) in 1941, who died not even two months after her husband. They had two sons, Robert and Daniel.


Sources:
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
Grave

Minor League Baseball Stats:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=dro---001rob

Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/d/droro01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=drobo01