Jim Baechtold
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | McKeesport, Pennsylvania | December 9, 1927
Died | August 29, 2011 Richmond, Kentucky | (aged 83)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Moon (Coraopolis, Pennsylvania) |
College | Eastern Kentucky (1948–1952) |
NBA draft | 1952: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets | |
Playing career | 1952–1957 |
Position | Forward / Guard |
Number | 18, 10 |
Career history | |
1952–1953 | Baltimore Bullets |
1953 | Elmira Colonels (ABL) |
1953–1957 | New York Knicks |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 3,123 (9.7 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,009 (3.1 rpg) |
Assists | 685 (2.1 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
James E. "Jim" Baechtold (December 9, 1927 – August 29, 2011[1]) 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.
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Obituary
Categories:
- 1927 births
- 2011 deaths
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- Baltimore Bullets (1944–54) draft picks
- Baltimore Bullets (1944–54) players
- Eastern Kentucky Colonels basketball coaches
- Eastern Kentucky Colonels basketball players
- New York Knicks players
- People from McKeesport, Pennsylvania
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs