Kenny Rollins
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| Born | September 14, 1923 Charleston, Missouri |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Greencastle, Indiana |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 168 lb (76 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Wickliffe (Wickliffe, Kentucky) | ||||||||||||
| College | Kentucky (1942–1943, 1946–1948) | ||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1948 / Round: -- / Pick: -- | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Fort Wayne Pistons | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1948–1953 | ||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||
| Number | 16, 4 | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| 1948–1950 | Chicago Stags | ||||||||||||
| 1950–1951 | Louisville Alumnites (NPBL) | ||||||||||||
| 1952–1953 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
| Career BAA and NBA statistics | |||||||||||||
| Points | 817 (4.9 ppg) | ||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 45 (1.0 rpg) | ||||||||||||
| Assists | 344 (2.0 apg) | ||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||
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Kenneth Herman "Kenny" Rollins (September 14, 1923 – October 9, 2012) was an American basketball player who competed at the 1948 London Olympics and was a member of the University of Kentucky's "Fabulous Five" who won the 1948 NCAA Tournament.[1] His college career was interrupted by service in the United States Navy during World War II. He was voted to the All-SEC and All-SEC Tourney teams following his junior and senior seasons.
His brother, Phil, played for the University of Louisville and spent 3 seasons in the NBA.
Biography
Born in Charleston, Missouri, Rollins played high school basketball in Wickliffe, Kentucky. He later played professionally for the Chicago Stags of the BAA and the NBA, the Louisville Alumnites of the National Professional Basketball League and the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He died in October 2012 in Greencastle, Indiana where he had lived with his son since 2004.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Former Wildcat Rollins dead at 89
- ↑ Kenny Rollins, former member of UK Fabulous 5, dies at 89 | Sports | Kentucky.com Retrieved 2014-11-14.
External links
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- Profile on Univ Kentucky fan site
- Olympic Profile
- Kenny Rollins at Basketball-Reference.com
- Find A Grave
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- 1923 births
- 2012 deaths
- Basketball players at the 1948 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Missouri
- Boston Celtics players
- Chicago Stags players
- Fort Wayne Pistons draft picks
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Point guards
- United States men's national basketball team players
- People from Mississippi County, Missouri
- People from Greencastle, Indiana
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
