Gilmore Kinney
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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
- ^ The Yale Alumni Weekly. Vol. 26 (1 ed.). New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University. 1916. p. 774.
- ^ "Ivy League Basketball All-Americans". Ivy League Sports. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ "1906–07 College Basketball Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ "The Yale Literary Magazine" (PDF). Volume 72. Yale University. October 1906 – June 1907. p. 35. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ "Yale Baseball Statistics". The Harvard Crimson. June 22, 1905. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ "Gilmore Kinney '07". p. 774. The Yale Alumni Weekly. 1916. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
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