Bob Knight (basketball, born 1929)
Personal information | |
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Born | Hartford, Connecticut | April 30, 1929
Died | May 23, 2008 Springfield, Massachusetts | (aged 79)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Weaver (Hartford, Connecticut) |
BAA draft | 1947 / Undrafted |
Position | Guard / Forward |
Number | 3 |
Career history | |
1947–1949 | Hartford Hurricanes |
1951 | Bridgeport Roesslers |
1951–1953 | Manchester British-Americans |
1955 | New York Knicks |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats 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[]
- ^ a b "Bob Knight NBA/ABA stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ "American Basketball League Statistics 1938–39 to 1952–53". apbr.org. The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2008 deaths
- American Basketball League (1925–1955) players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Hartford, Connecticut
- Forwards (basketball)
- Guards (basketball)
- Harlem Globetrotters players
- New York Knicks players
- Sportspeople from Springfield, Massachusetts
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs