Gilmore Kinney Explained

Gilmore Kinney
Position:Forward
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:155
Nationality:American
Birth Date:9 June 1886
Birth Place:Ness City, Kansas
Death Place:Forest Hills, New York
Highschool:Phillips Academy
(Andover, Massachusetts)
College:Yale (1903–1907)
Highlights:

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Yale Alumni Weekly. Yale University. 26. 1. 1916. New Haven, Connecticut. 774.
  2. Web site: Ivy League Basketball All-Americans. Ivy League Sports. August 28, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714053824/http://v009u44mub.maximumasp.com/documents/aa-basketball.asp. July 14, 2011.
  3. Web site: 1906–07 College Basketball Season Summary . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . 2014 . August 28, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140804003323/http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/seasons/1907.html . August 4, 2014 .
  4. Web site: The Yale Literary Magazine. Volume 72. Yale University. 35. October 1906 – June 1907. PDF. August 28, 2014.
  5. News: Yale Baseball Statistics . . June 22, 1905 . August 28, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309234732/http://www.theharvardcrimson.com/article/1905/6/22/yale-baseball-statistics-pmorgan-herbert-bowman/ . March 9, 2012 .
  6. Web site: Gilmore Kinney '07. The Yale Alumni Weekly. p. 774. 1916. February 16, 2015.