Nationality American Role Basketball Player Career end 1957 Name Jim Baechtold Career start 1952 | Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg) Weight 93 kg Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Height 1.93 m | |
Born December 9, 1927
McKeesport, Pennsylvania ( 1927-12-09 ) High school Moon (Coraopolis, Pennsylvania) College Eastern Kentucky (1948–1952) NBA draft 1952 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall Died August 29, 2011, Richmond, Kentucky, United States Education Eastern Kentucky University | ||
James E. Baechtold (December 9, 1927 – August 29, 2011) was an American basketball player and professor at Eastern Kentucky University.
He played collegiately for Eastern Kentucky University.
He was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the 1952 NBA Draft.
He played for the Bullets (1952–53) and New York Knicks (1953–57) in the NBA for 321 games.
From 1962 through 1966, he served as Eastern Kentucky University’s head basketball coach. In his five seasons, he coached two OVC runnersup and the 1965 conference championship team. He was the OVC Coach-of-the-Year in 1965. Afterwards, he served for several years as an associate professor in the University's Parks and Recreation Department.
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