Gilmore Kinney

Gilmore Kinney

Personal information
Born	June 9, 1886 Ness City, Kansas
Died	December 15, 1916 (aged 30) Forest Hills, New York
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	155 lb (70 kg)
Career information
High school	Phillips Academy (Andover, Massachusetts)
College	Yale (1903–1907)
Position	Forward
Career highlights and awards
National player of the year (1907) 2× consensus All-American (1905, 1907)

Gilmore Kinney (June 9, 1886 – December 15, 1916)^[1] was an American college basketball standout at Yale University in the 1900s. He was a two-time Helms Athletic Foundation All-American (1905, 1907)^[2] and was named their national player of the year as a senior in 1906–07.^[3] That year, he led the Yale Bulldogs to their first-ever Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League season championship title, and was the league's leading scorer at 10.1 points per game. Kinney also played for Yale's baseball team.^[4][5]

Gilmore Kinney was also the older brother of Orson Kinney, another Yale basketball star who was an All-American in 1916–17.^[6]

References

1. The Yale Alumni Weekly 26 (1 ed.). New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University. 1916. p. 774.
2. "Ivy League Basketball All-Americans". Ivy League Sports. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
3. "1906–07 College Basketball Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
4. "The Yale Literary Magazine" (PDF). Volume 72. Yale University. October 1906 – June 1907. p. 35. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
5. "Yale Baseball Statistics". The Harvard Crimson. June 22, 1905. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
6. "Gilmore Kinney '07". p. 774. The Yale Alumni Weekly. Retrieved February 16, 2015.