Career
Ozburn starred in basketball and track at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Following his college career, he played for the Kansas City Santa Fe Trails of the Amateur Athletic Union (Amateur Athletic Union), where he was named an Amateur Athletic Union All-American in 1936. He then moved to the NBL, where he played four seasons for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids from 1937 to 1941, winning league titles in 1939 and 1940.
He played one final NBL season for the Toledo Jeeps.