Bill Kennedy (basketball)
Personal information | |
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Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | May 17, 1938
Died | August 31, 2006 West Palm Beach, Florida | (aged 68)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Abraham Lincoln (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
College | Temple (1957–1960) |
NBA draft | 1960: 2nd round, 15th overall pick |
Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors | |
Position | Guard |
Number | 34 |
Career history | |
1960–1961 | Philadelphia Warriors |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
William R. "Pickles" Kennedy (May 17, 1938 – August 31, 2006) was an American professional basketball player. He was a 5'11" (180 cm) 180 lb (82 kg) guard and played collegiately at Temple University. He played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Career
[edit]Kennedy was selected by the Philadelphia Warriors with the 15th pick in the 2nd round of the 1960 NBA draft.[1] He played seven games for the Warriors in the 1960–1961 season, averaging 1.7 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.
Personal life
[edit]He died in 2006 in a car accident in Florida.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]NBA
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Regular season
[edit]Source[3]
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1960–61 | Philadelphia | 7 | 7.4 | .190 | .667 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
References
[edit]- ^ 1960 NBA Draft Archived 2009-05-29 at the Wayback Machine, basketballreference.com
- ^ Philly.com retrieved 29th Aug 2011
- ^ "Pickles Kennedy". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
External links
[edit]- William Kennedy NBA stats @ basketball-reference.com
- 1938 births
- 2006 deaths
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- Philadelphia Warriors draft picks
- Philadelphia Warriors players
- Point guards
- Temple Owls men's basketball players
- Road incident deaths in Florida
- Basketball players from Philadelphia
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs