Bob Knight (basketball, born 1929) explained

Bob Knight
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:185
Birth Date:30 April 1929
Birth Place:Hartford, Connecticut
Death Place:Springfield, Massachusetts
Nationality:American
High School:Weaver (Hartford, Connecticut)
Draft Year:1947
Draft League:BAA
Career Number:3
Career Position:Guard / forward
Years1:1947–1949
Team1:Hartford Hurricanes
Years2:1951
Team2:Bridgeport Roesslers
Years3:1951–1953
Team3:Manchester British-Americans
Team4:New York Knicks
Highlights:
  • ABL champion (1953)
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Bobby F. Knight (April 30, 1929 – May 23, 2008) was an American professional basketball player.[1] Knight played in the American Basketball League between 1947 and 1953, winning a league championship with the Manchester British-Americans in the 1952–53 season.[2] He also played in two games for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association at the start of the 1954–55 NBA season.[1] During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Knight played on-and-off for the Harlem Globetrotters.[3]

Career statistics

NBA

Source[1]

Regular season

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bob Knight NBA stats. Sports Reference LLC . . October 9, 2023.
  2. Web site: American Basketball League Statistics 1938–39 to 1952–53. The Association for Professional Basketball Research . apbr.org . February 20, 2016.
  3. Web site: Conner. Desmond. Service A Celebration Of Knight's Life. HartfordInfo.org. Hartford Courant. May 31, 2008. February 20, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303005251/http://www.hartfordinfo.org/issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_053108.asp. March 3, 2016.