Franklin Delano "Frank" Selvy (born November 9, 1932 in Corbin, Kentucky) is a former basketball player.
Nicknamed The Corbin Comet, Selvy is best remembered for scoring 100 points in a college game for South Carolina's Furman University against Newberry College on February 13th, 1954, the only NCAA Division I player ever to do so. The game was played towards the end of Selvy's final collegiate season, and Furman coach Lyles Alley had designated ...
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Franklin Delano "Frank" Selvy (born November 9, 1932 in Corbin, Kentucky) is a former basketball player.
Nicknamed The Corbin Comet, Selvy is best remembered for scoring 100 points in a college game for South Carolina's Furman University against Newberry College on February 13th, 1954, the only NCAA Division I player ever to do so. The game was played towards the end of Selvy's final collegiate season, and Furman coach Lyles Alley had designated the game "Frank Selvy Night" in order to garner recognition for the player who was already certain to finish the season leading the nation in scoring and earn first-team All-American honors, two accomplishments he had already attained the year before. The game was the first to be broadcast live on television in South Carolina and a large contingent from Selvy's hometown, including his family, had made the six-hour trek just for the occasion. The instructions from Coach Alley were simply to get the ball to Selvy so he can score as much as...
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