Bob Knight (basketball, born 1929)

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Bob Knight
Personal information
Born(1929-04-30)April 30, 1929
Hartford, Connecticut
DiedMay 23, 2008(2008-05-23) (aged 79)
Springfield, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolWeaver (Hartford, Connecticut)
BAA draft1947 / Undrafted
PositionGuard / Forward
Number3
Career history
1947–1949Hartford Hurricanes
1951Bridgeport Roesslers
1951–1953Manchester British-Americans
1955New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
  • ABL champion (1953)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Robert F. Knight (April 30, 1929 – May 23, 2008) was an American professional basketball player.[1] Knight played in the American Basketball League between 1947 and 1953, winning a league championship with the Manchester British-Americans in the 1952–53 season.[2] He also played in two games for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association at the start of the 1954–55 NBA season.[1] During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Knight played on-and-off for the Harlem Globetrotters.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Bob Knight NBA/ABA stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  2. ^ "American Basketball League Statistics 1938–39 to 1952–53". apbr.org. The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  3. ^ Conner, Desmond (May 31, 2008). "Service A Celebration Of Knight's Life". Hartford Courant. HartfordInfo.org. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.


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