Nationality American Name Jack Tingle Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Role Basketball Player | Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg) Height 1.93 m Pro career 1947–1949 Weight 93 kg | |
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NBA draft 1947 / Round: / Pick: College Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball (1943–1947) Position Small forward, Power forward | ||
Robert Jackson Tingle was the first player from Trimble County, Kentucky to go to the University of Kentucky on a scholarship for basketball. He was one of only seven UK players to make the all SEC team four years in a row. After graduation, he played two seasons in the NBA for the Washington Capitols and Minneapolis Lakers, winning an NBA championship with the Lakers in 1949. After his NBA stint he coached basketball at Hiseville High School and was an engraver for the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper.
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