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) |
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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]