Jay Arnette

Jay Arnette

Personal information
Born	December 19, 1938 Austin, Texas
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	McCallum (Austin, Texas)
College	Texas (1957–1960)
NBA draft	1960 / Round: 2 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Cincinnati Royals
Playing career	1963–1965
Position	Point guard
Number	21
Career history
1963–1965	Cincinnati Royals
Career statistics
Points	424 (3.7 ppg)
Rebounds	116 (1.0 rpg)
Assists	139 (1.2 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's basketball Representing United States Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team competition

Jay Hoyland Arnette (born December 19, 1938^[1]) is an American former professional basketball player.

A 6'2" guard born in Austin, Texas and from Austin's University of Texas, Arnette competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team.^[2] From 1963 to 1965, he played in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Cincinnati Royals, averaging 3.7 points per game.^[1] In 2010, the 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team on which Arnette played was collectively inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.^[3]

Arnette later became an orthodontist in Austin, Texas.^[3]

References

1. "Jay Arnette". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
2. "2014-15 Texas Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). texassports.com. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
3. "BCD alum to be inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame". tamhsc.edu. Retrieved June 7, 2015.

External links

• Jay Arnette at Basketball-Reference.com
• Olympians' Almanza and Arnette look back at a century of Horns hoops at TexasSports.com