Art Quimby

Art Quimby
	Rochester Royals
Position	Center
Number	25
Career highlights and awards
	3× First-team All-Yankee Conference; NCAA season rebounds leader (1954);

Arthur R. Quimby Jr. (July 1, 1933 – December 6, 2010)^[1]^[2] was an American college basketball player from the University of Connecticut.

Early life

A native of New London, Connecticut, Quimby attended the Bulkeley School, which was a small all-boys school whose basketball program was generally very good.^[3] He led the team to undefeated state and New England championships as a senior and was heavily recruited by college teams.^[3] Quimby was initially going to attend the University of Kentucky (UK) to play for Adolph Rupp, but due to a scandal at UK he decided to attend Connecticut.^[3]

College

During Quimby's career as a Huskie he compiled an 80–19 overall record.

NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, and in 1955 they earned their first-ever National Invitation Tournament (NIT) bid.^[4]

They lost the opening round games of each tournament.

Quimby is the Huskies' all-time leader in rebounds for a single game (40), single season (611) and career (1,716).[3]^[4] He also owns the single season and career rebounding averages (24.4 and 21.5 per game, respectively).^[3] Quimby's combined career point and rebound totals (3,114) are more than any other Connecticut player.^[4]

Later life

After his college career ended, Quimby was selected by the

Rochester Royals in the 1955 NBA draft after his territorial rights had been traded by the Boston Celtics.^[3] There was not enough money in professional basketball at the time for Quimby to want to play, so instead he spent the rest of his life as an educator after service with the military, serving in the Army Reserve as an officer.^[3]^[4]

Statistics

Art Quimby Statistics^[6] at University of Connecticut
Year	G	FG	FGA	PCT	3FG	3FGA	PCT	FT	FTA	PCT	REB	AVG	A	TO	B	S	MIN	PTS	AVG
1951–52	27	18	74	0.243	—	—	N/A	8	15	0.533	87	3.22		—	—	—		44	1.6
1952–53	21	125	307	0.407	—	—	N/A	100	168	0.595	430	20.47		—	—	—		350	16.7
1953–54	26	158			—	—	N/A	107			588	22.61		—	—	—		423	16.3
1954–55	25	227	546	0.415	—	—	N/A	127	248	0.512	611	24.44		—	—	—		581	23.2
Totals	99	528			—	—	N/A	342			1,716	21.5		—	—	—		1,398	14.12

References

^ "Former UConn basketball star Art Quimby dies at 77". Washington Post. December 7, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2010.^{[dead link]}
^ "Arthur R. QUIMBY Jr". Hartford Courant. December 9, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Art Quimby". UConn Hoop Legends. 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Six Centers Span Six Decades On UConn Men's Basketball All-Century Team". uconnhuskies.com. CBS Interactive. 2010. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
^ "2009–10 NCAA Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). 2009–10 NCAA Men's Basketball Media Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
^ "Art Quimby '51-55". HuskiesHoops.com. 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2010.

External links

Poster of Quimby from 1955

[DOD-1] "Former UConn basketball star Art Quimby dies at 77". Washington Post. December 7, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2010.^{[dead link]}

[2] "Arthur R. QUIMBY Jr". Hartford Courant. December 9, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2021.

[LEGENDS-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Art Quimby". UConn Hoop Legends. 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2010.

[HUSKIES-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Six Centers Span Six Decades On UConn Men's Basketball All-Century Team". uconnhuskies.com. CBS Interactive. 2010. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2010.

[5] "2009–10 NCAA Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). 2009–10 NCAA Men's Basketball Media Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2010.

[6] "Art Quimby '51-55". HuskiesHoops.com. 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2010.

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