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Warren Whitlinger

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Warren Whitlinger
Personal information
Born(1914-04-04)April 4, 1914
Barnesville, Ohio
DiedApril 30, 2012(2012-04-30) (aged 98)
Neenah, Wisconsin
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolZanesville (Zanesville, Ohio)
CollegeOhio State (1933–1936)
PositionForward
Career history
1936–1937Columbus Athletic Supplies
1936–1937Zanesville Greys
1937–1938Akron Firestone Non-Skids
1938–1939Columbus Hilltop Merchants
Career highlights and awards

Warren Wayne Whitlinger (April 4, 1914 – April 30, 2012) was an American professional basketball player.[1][2] He played in the National Basketball League for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids during the 1937–38 season and averaged 4.5 points per game.[1][3] As a senior at Ohio State in 1935–36, Whitlinger led the Big Ten Conference in scoring and was named to the All-Big Ten team.[2] He also earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Ohio State, graduating in 1940, and then accepted a job to work for Kimberly-Clark Corporation.[4]

Family and tennis connections

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In the early 1960s Whitlinger became involved with tennis.[4] It became his new passion and he got into coaching, where he ended up training three different national champions within his own family – his son John and his twin granddaughters Tami and Teri.[4] All three went on to have professional tennis careers, and John served as Stanford's men's tennis head coach from 2005 to 2014.[4]

The Whitlingers were recognized as the Wisconsin and Midwest Tennis Family of the Year in 1986 and the USTA National Tennis Family of the Year in 1987.[4] Warren was inducted into the Fox Valley Tennis Association Hall of Fame in 1999.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Warren Whitlinger NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Warren Whitlinger". Peach Basket Society. September 16, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "Warren Whitlinger Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Warren Whitlinger (1914–2012)". The Post Crescent. Legacy.com. 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2019.