Corbin High School (CHS) is a senior high school in

Corbin, Kentucky Corbin is a home rule-class city in Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 7,856. Corbin is on Interstate 75 and US Route 25W, about hal ...

, United States. A part of the Corbin Independent School District, it serves grades 9–12. In 2016, it had about 950 students."About Us"
Corbin High School website. Retrieved December 14, 2016.

Athletics

Corbin High had a number of notable athletes who were active in the 1950s and 1960s and became a part of professional and university athletic teams, including: * Tommy Adkins
The Boys from Corbin: America's Greatest Little Sports Town
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. Retrieved December 14, 2016. * Bob Barton * Michael Babb * Billy Bird - American football player * Calvin Bird - American football player; a member of the 1955 team, which never had a loss * Jerry Bird - basketball player * Rodger Bird - American football player * Steve Bird * Bob Coleman * Jesse Grant * Steve Jewel - American football player *

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Frank Selvy Franklin Delano Selvy (November 9, 1932 – August 13, 2024) was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player who was best known for holding the record for the most points (100) in a Division I college basketball game. Born in Corb ...

- basketball player * Jerry Smith Gary West, a man from

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, who became friends with Rodger Bird while attending university, stated that the community little leagues formed the foundation for the success of athletics at Corbin High; all of the players of the little leagues attended the same high school. In 2013, West wrote a book, ''The Boys from Corbin, America's Greatest Little Sports Town'', discussing the school's sports teams of the 1950s and 1960s. At first, Rodger Bird declined to assist with the writing a book about his high school career, but six months later he agreed on the condition that the book also discussed the Selvys and other famous athletes from CHS.

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