height_ft death_date death_place birth_place nationality article_title position highschool height_in birth_date number image college name
6 14 september 1985 bellaire , ohio irwin , pennsylvania american claire cribbs
 guard jeannette -lrb- jeannette , pennsylvania -rrb- 0 august 13 , 1912 30 claire cribbs.jpeg pittsburgh -lrb- 1932 -- 1935 -rrb- claire cribbs
claire cribbs

claire linton cribbs -lrb- august 13 , 1912 -- september 14 , 1985 -rrb- was an american basketball player and high school coach .
he was a two-time all-american at the university of pittsburgh and won over 400 games as a high school coach in the state of ohio .
cribbs , a 6 ' 0 -lrb- 1.83 m -rrb- guard from jeannette high school in jeannette , pennsylvania , chose to attend the nearby university of pittsburgh and play for hall of fame coach doc carlson .
cribbs led the panthers to a 53 -- 15 record in his three varsity seasons , winning the eastern intercollegiate conference in 1933 and 1934 and tying for the championship with west virginia in 1935 .
cribbs was the star of these teams , garnering all-conference honors all three years and consensus all-american honors as a junior and senior .
after graduating from pitt , cribbs briefly played baseball as a pitcher for the international league 's baltimore orioles .
he then became a teacher and coach at warren consolidated high school in tiltonsville , ohio , where he coached future baseball hall of famer bill mazeroski .
after a tour in the u. s. navy during world war ii , he became a history teacher and boy 's basketball coach at bellaire high school in bellaire , ohio in 1949 .
he remained coach there until his retirement in 1977 , winning over 400 games and at one point leading the big reds to victory for 54 consecutive home games .
claire cribbs is enshrined in the university of pittsburgh hall of fame , as well as the ohio basketball coaches , dapper dan , and westmoreland county -lrb- pa -rrb- halls of fame .
he died on september 14 , 1985 in bellaire .
