Jack Turner | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lb: | 170 |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1930 |
Birth Place: | Bedford, Indiana |
Nationality: | American |
Death Place: | Bedford, Indiana |
High School: | Bedford (Bedford, Indiana) |
Draft Round: | 1 |
Draft Pick: | 8 |
Draft Year: | 1954 |
Draft Team: | New York Knicks |
Career Number: | 16 |
Career Position: | Small forward / shooting guard |
Team1: | New York Knicks |
Jackie Lee Turner (June 29, 1930 – October 5, 2014) was an American basketball player for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted with the eighth pick in the first round of the 1954 NBA draft by the Knicks. In his one NBA season, Turner averaged 4.3 points per game, 2.4 rebounds per game and 1.2 assists per game.[1] He died at a hospital in Bedford, Indiana in 2014.[2]
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