Cotton Nash

Cotton Nash
Personal information
Born (1942-07-24) July 24, 1942
Jersey City, New Jersey
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school Lake Charles
(Lake Charles, Louisiana)
College Kentucky (1961–1964)
NBA draft 1964 / Round: 2 / Pick: 12th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career 1964–1968
Position Small forward
Number 33, 17, 44
Career history
1964–1965 Los Angeles Lakers
1965 San Francisco Warriors
1967–1968 Kentucky Colonels (ABA)
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA and ABA statistics
Points 470 (5.6 ppg)
Rebounds 273 (3.3 rpg)
Assists 65 (0.8 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Cotton Nash
First baseman / left fielder
Born: (1942-07-24) July 24, 1942
Jersey City, New Jersey
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 1, 1967, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1970, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
Batting average .188
Hits 3
Strikeouts 3
Runs batted in 2
Teams
  • Chicago White Sox (1967)
  • Minnesota Twins (1969–70)
A jersey honoring Nash hangs in Rupp Arena

Charles Francis "Cotton" Nash (born July 24, 1942) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and National Basketball Association forward.

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Nash played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Francisco Warriors during the 1964-65 NBA season. He had his most success in the American Basketball Association with the Kentucky Colonels, averaging 8.5 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game, and 1.2 assists per game. He had already played in the state of Kentucky with Adolph Rupp's legendary University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, as well as the University's baseball team.

Nash also played 13 games over 3 MLB seasons with the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins. One of those games was with the White Sox on September 10, 1967, in the ninth inning of Joe Horlen's no-hitter; he replaced Ken Boyer at first base and recorded all three putouts in the inning.[1]

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