Pat Frink
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Born | February 18, 1945 |
Died | May 6, 2012 Cincinnati Royals | (aged 67)
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Patrick Edward Frink (February 18, 1945 – May 6, 2012) was an American basketball player. He played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Early life
Pat Frink grew up in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, in a single-parent family with his older brother, Mike, and their mother, Madge, who worked several jobs at a time. The brothers never knew their father.[1]
Frink attended Wheat Ridge High School, where he starred as a 6'4" shooting guard. He earned all-state honor and all American honors.
College career
He played collegiately at the
He was named second team All-Big Eight Conference his junior and senior years and was a second team Academic All-American in 1968.[3]
NBA career
Following his graduation from Colorado, Frink was drafted by the
One of his teammates was legendary hall-of-famer Oscar Robertson who, despite playing with Frink for only one season, became lifelong friends with Frink and appeared at basketball camps run by Pat and Mike Frink.[5]
Personal life
After his basketball career ended, he focused on caring for his daughter, Kody, who was born with Rett syndrome and had a life expectancy of about seven years. She was 21 when she died in 2000.
He lived on a ranch in Tucson, Arizona, and taught classes at an Indian reservation school. He ran a homeless shelter in Denver for 15 years,[5] and pastored the homebound and hospitalized elderly Catholic community in Boulder as a layman at Sacred Heart Church for 12 years.[6]
Frink died on May 6, 2012, in a single-vehicle accident outside Tucson, Arizona. He was 67. He was buried near his mother and daughter at the family cemetery on his ranch.[7][8]
Pat Frink was survived by four sons, Shane, Gant, Garrett and Dylan, one daughter, Shalom, and eight grandchildren; Maxwell, Madalyn, Caleb, Mackenzie and four others. [9]
References
- ^ "Basketball kept brothers Mike, Pat Frink connected". 14 May 2012.
- ^ a 6'4" shooting guard from
- ^ "2011-12 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball media guide" (PDF). University of Colorado Athletics. 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on February 27, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
- ^ "Pat Frink 1968-69 Game Log | Basketball-Reference.com".
- ^ a b "THORBURN: Late Buff Pat Frink remembered as great scorer, great father". 8 May 2012.
- ^ "Buff Hoops Great Frink Killed In Truck Accident - CUBuffs.com - Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado". www.cubuffs.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Buff Hoops Great Frink Killed In Truck Accident - CUBuffs.com - Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado". www.cubuffs.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Former Colorado basketball star dies in crash". 7 May 2012.
- ^ "Buff Hoops Great Frink Killed In Truck Accident - CUBuffs.com - Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado". www.cubuffs.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27.