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Dan King (basketball)

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Nationality
  
American

Listed weight
  
220 lb (100 kg)

Number
  
22

Weight
  
99.8 kg

Listed height
  
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

NBA draft
  
1954 / Undrafted

Height
  
1.98 m

Position
  
Basketball positions

Born
  
January 7, 1931 (
1931-01-07
)

High school
  
Grove (Paris, Tennessee)

Died
  
20 January 2003, Louisville, Kentucky, United States

College
  
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball (1951–1954)

Daniel King (January 7, 1931 – January 20, 2003) was an American professional basketball player. He played a season for the Baltimore Bullets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

King was a two-sport star at Western Kentucky University, playing both basketball and baseball for the Hilltoppers from 1951 to 1954 and was inducted into the school's athletic Hall of Fame in 2014. Following his college career, King played one season with the NBA's Bullets, scoring 19 total points n 12 games.

After his basketball career ended, King became a high school coach and administrator. He died on January 20, 2003 in Louisville, Kentucky.

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