Roy Seeborg

When legendary Astoria High School basketball coach, Wally Palmberg, is asked to name the most outstanding athletes to have played under his tutelage, Palmberg is quick to call Roy Seeborg one of his true stars.Seeborg first appeared on the Astoria High School hoop scene as a 6-foot Sophomore during the 1938-1939 school year. He led the 23-15 Fishermen in scoring with 180 points in 26 games.

As a junior, Seeborg upped his scoring output to 335 points in 41 outings, as the local high school five registered a 32-9 season record. Astoria lost to state runner-up Pendleton 41-39 in overtime in the semi-final contest of the state tournament. Astoria went on to finish third at the state cagefest. A 51-47 win over Kelso saw Seeborg hit his career single game high with 19 points.

All-District honors were followed by first team All-State Tournament accolades.

In his final year on "The Hill", Seeborg and his 1940-1941 teammates recorded a 24-8 record enroute to the Oregon state championship. His 265 points in 31 appearances made him the team individual scoring leader for the title game against tournament host, Salem. Palmberg's unit had lost to Salem 53-19 a month earlier at the state capitol city, but in the one that counted, Astoria edged past the Vikings 35-32 in overtime.

Seeborg was named to the All-State Tournament team for the second consecutive year.

Only three other Fighting Fishermen have ever been named to the All-State Tournament 1st team squad on multiple occasions.

• Algot "Swede" Westergren, was a first team choice in 1922 and 1923.
• Bobby Anet, was a first team pick three times in 1934,1935 and 1936.
• Westergren and Sarpola, along with Seeborg were all members of Astoria High School's first Hall of Fame class.

At the time of his induction, in 1997, Seeborg was still listed as the number 14 all-time career scorer at Astoria High School with 765 points,

Seeborg lettered three years at the University of Oregon in a career that was interrupted by WWII In a 81-65 win over New York City's Madison Square Garden, Seeborg played in front of 18,402 partisan Manhattan fans.

A younger brother, Ken, would follow Seeborg to Oregon, lettering himself, twice for the Webfoots.

After graduation, Seeborg made coaching stops in Baker High School and at Central Catholic High School, before settling in for a 28 year run as a school administrator, fifteen years coming as the superintendent of the Astoria School District.