Glynn Downey

Melville Glynn Downey was an American basketball player and coach. He was an All-American college player at Purdue University and played two professional seasons in the National Basketball League, front-runner to the modern NBA.
Downey played at Purdue from 1934 to 1937, earning second-team All-American honors from the Omaha World. He played the 1938–39 NBL season for the Indianapolis Kautskys and the 1939–40 season for the Hammond Ciesar All-Americans. He averaged 5.1 points per game over 37 NBL contests.
He died on January 30, 1976, at age 60.