Jim Line

Jim Line

Personal information
Born	(1926-01-19)January 19, 1926 Port Royal, Pennsylvania
Died	Russell, Kansas
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	North (Akron, Ohio)
College	Kentucky (1946–1950)
NBA draft	1950 / Round: 4 / Pick: 41st overall
Selected by the Indianapolis Olympians
Position	Forward
Career highlights and awards
2× NCAA champion (1948, 1949) Third-team All-American – UPI (1950) First-team All-SEC (1950)

James R. Line (January 19, 1926 – January 24, 2013) was an American basketball player. He was an All-American at the University of Kentucky and a key player on two NCAA championship teams.

Line, a 6'2" guard/forward from North High School in Akron, Ohio, played for Adolph Rupp at Kentucky from 1946 to 1950. Line was on some of the best Kentucky teams of all time, as the Wildcats went 127–13 in his four years. He started at forward on Kentucky's 1947–48 championship team and played a significant role off of the bench for the 1948–49 team. In his senior year, 1949–50, Line averaged 13.1 points per game and was named a third team All-American by United Press International (UPI), along with teammate Bill Spivey. For his career, Line scored 1,041 points.

After graduation he was drafted in the fourth round of the 1950 NBA Draft by the Indianapolis Olympians, but never played in the National Basketball Association.

In 1952, Line was one of several former Kentucky players implicated in a point shaving scandal, with former teammates Spivey and Walter Hirsch. He was acquitted, however.

Line died on January 24, 2013 at his home in Russell, Kansas.