Nationality American Name Jay Arnette Career start 1963 Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Role Basketball Player Career end 1965 | Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg) Height 1.88 m Weight 79 kg | |
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NBA draft 1960 / Round: 2 / Pick: 9th overall Education University of Texas at Austin | ||
Jay Hoyland Arnette (born December 19, 1938) is an American former professional basketball player.
A 6'2" guard born in Austin, Texas and from Austin's University of Texas, Arnette competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team. From 1963 to 1965, he played in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Cincinnati Royals, averaging 3.7 points per game. In 2010, the 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team on which Arnette played was collectively inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
While playing basketball Arnette attended a dental school at University of Texas. He later obtained licenses in dentistry and pharmacy, but practiced orthodontics in Austin, Texas.