Nationality American Name Cotton Nash Education University of Kentucky College Kentucky (1961–1964) Weight 98 kg | Listed weight 215 lb (98 kg) Height 1.96 m Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Role Baseball player Position Small forward | |
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Born July 24, 1942 (age 81)
Jersey City, New Jersey ( 1942-07-24 ) High school Lake Charles
(Lake Charles, Louisiana) NBA draft 1964 / Round: 2 / Pick: 12th overall | ||
Charles Francis "Cotton" Nash (born July 24, 1942) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and National Basketball Association forward.
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Nash played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Francisco Warriors during the 1964–65 NBA season. He had his most success in the American Basketball Association with the Kentucky Colonels, averaging 8.5 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game, and 1.2 assists per game. He had already played in the state of Kentucky with Adolph Rupp's legendary University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, as well as the University's baseball team.
Nash also played 13 games over 3 MLB seasons with the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins. One of those games was with the White Sox on September 10, 1967, in the ninth inning of Joe Horlen's no-hitter; he replaced Ken Boyer at first base and recorded all three putouts in the inning.
