Beryl Drummond

{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Beryl Drummond | image = | image_size = | caption = | number = | position = [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]] | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 185 | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|6|16}} | birth_place = [[Walnut Township, Gallia County, Ohio|Walnut Township, Ohio]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1982|4|26|1918|6|16}}<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|title=Beryl E. Drummond|work=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|date= April 27, 1982|page=B11}}</ref> | death_place = [[Atlantis, Florida]] | nationality = American | high_school = * Cadmus (Cadmus, Ohio) * [[Waterloo High School (Ohio)|Waterloo]] ([[Waterloo, Ohio]]) | college = | career_start = | career_end = | years1 = [[1937–38 National Basketball League (United States) season|1937–1938]] | team1 = Dayton Metropolitans | years2 = 1946–1947 | team2 = Toledo Jeeps | letter = | bbr = | highlights = }} '''Beryl Esco Drummond''' (June 16, 1918 – April 26, 1982) was an American professional [[basketball]] player.<ref name=pbs>{{cite web | url=http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2015/08/beryl-drummond.html| title=Beryl Drummond | publisher=Blogspot | work=Peach Basket Society | date=19 August 2015 | accessdate=July 18, 2016}}</ref><ref name=bbr>{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/d/drummbe01n.html| title=Beryl Drummond NBL stats| publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=basketball-reference.com | accessdate=July 18, 2016}}</ref> He played in the [[National Basketball League (United States)|National Basketball League]] for the Dayton Metropolitans during the 1937–38 season and for the Toledo Jeeps during the 1946–47 season; for his career he averaged 0.7 points per game.<ref name=bbr/> He served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="Obit"/> He and his wife, Ruth Pyles Drummond, had five children.<ref name="Obit"/>

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