Jack Turner | |
Position: | Guard / forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lb: | 200 |
Number: | 22 |
Birth Date: | 5 June 1939 |
Nationality: | American |
Death Place: | Newport, Kentucky |
High School: | Newport (Newport, Kentucky) |
College: | Louisville (1958–1961) |
Draft Round: | 2 |
Draft Pick: | 18 |
Draft Year: | 1961 |
Draft Team: | Chicago Packers |
Years1: | 1961–1962 |
Team1: | Chicago Packers |
Letter: | t |
Bbr: | turneja02 |
John Willard "Jack" Turner (June 5, 1939 – May 5, 2013) was a National Basketball Association (NBA) player for the Chicago Packers. He was drafted with the ninth pick in the second round of the 1961 NBA draft by the Chicago Packers. In his one NBA season, Turner averaged 4.8 points per game, 2.0 rebounds per game and 1.0 assist per game.[1]
Turner died on May 5, 2013, at the age of 73.[2]
Turner still ranks eighth all-time at the University of Louisville in both career scoring average (16.9 ppg) and career rebounding average (10.6 rpg)[3]
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