Bob Knight (basketball, born 1929)

Not to be confused with Bob Knight.
Bob Knight
Personal information
Born (1929-04-30)April 30, 1929
Hartford, Connecticut
Died May 23, 2008(2008-05-23) (aged 79)
Springfield, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Weaver (Hartford, Connecticut)
Position Guard / Forward
Number 3
Career history
1947–1949 Hartford Hurricanes (ABL)
1951 Bridgeport Roesslers (ABL)
1951–1953 Manchester British-Americans (ABL)
1954 New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
  • ABL champion (1953)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Robert F. "Bob" 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. 1 2 "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. Retrieved February 20, 2016.


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