Kenny George Explained

Kenny George
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height Ft:7
Height In:7
Weight Lb:370
High School:Latin School of Chicago
(Chicago, Illinois)
College:UNC Asheville (2006–2008)
Draft Year:2010
Career Position:Center
Highlights:
  • Second-team All-Big South (2008)
  • Big South Defensive Player of the Year (2008)

Kenneth George Jr. (born 1986)[1] is an American former college basketball player.[2] Somewhere between [3] [4] and,[5] [6] [7] he was the tallest basketball player in the United States during the two years he played for the UNC Asheville Bulldogs, and may have been the tallest player in the history of college basketball.[8]

Early life, family and education

Kenny George is from Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 15, he had an over-active pituitary gland issue that caused him to be 6’11 by his sophomore year in High School

College career

George played for the UNC Asheville Bulldogs from 2006 to 2008.[9] He was selected as the Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Year and earned second-team all-Big South honors in 2008.[10]

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07| style="text-align:left;"| UNC Asheville| 23|| 0|| 10.5 || .772|| .000|| .235 || 3.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 5.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08| style="text-align:left;"| UNC Asheville| 28 || 0 || 19.8 || .696 || .000 || .652 || 7.0 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 3.3 || 12.4|-| align="center" colspan="2"| Career| 51 || 0 || 15.2 || .734 || .000 || .460 || 5.3 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 2.7 || 9.0|-

Personal life

In October 2008, George had his right foot partly amputated due to a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Report: Tallest College Basketball Player Loses Part of Foot to Staph Infection . Fox News . November 30, 2020 . January 13, 2015.
  2. Web site: The photographs of Tallest Americans . 2008-10-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081014202759/http://inoswim.hp.infoseek.co.jp/photographs.tallestamerican.htm . October 14, 2008 .
  3. News: 7 Feet 7 and 350 Pounds, With Bigger Feet Than Shaq's. The New York Times. 2008-01-09. 2008-01-10. Clemmons, Anna Katherine.
  4. Web site: Source: UNC Asheville's George has right foot partly amputated. 2008-10-17. ESPN.com.
  5. News: College hoops biggest man to miss season. 2008-10-17. United Press International. 2008-10-18.
  6. News: Nation's tallest player has foot partially amputated. Jarrett. Keith . 2008-10-17. USA Today. 2008-10-18.
  7. News: Report: UNC Asheville center George has partial foot amputation . 2008-10-18 . The Sports Network . 2008-10-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604070234/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cbask%2Fnews%2Fnews.aspx%3Fid%3D4185768 . 2011-06-04 .
  8. News: Big challenges and spicy 'Lights'. https://archive.today/20130209193248/http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=jn-kingoftheroad012108&prov=yhoo&type=lgns. dead. 2013-02-09. King. Jason. 2008-01-21. Yahoo!. 2008-10-18.
  9. Web site: Kenny George College Stats. sports-reference.com.
  10. Web site: Kenny George . uncabulldogs.com . University of North Carolina - Asheville . November 30, 2020.

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