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Bob Kinney
	Kinney in 1948
Personal information
Born	September 16, 1920; Bexar County, Texas
Died	September 2, 1985 (aged 64); Asheville, North Carolina
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Jefferson (San Antonio, Texas)
College	Rice (1939–1942)
Playing career	1945–1951
Position	Center / forward
Number	32, 22
Career history
1945–1949	Fort Wayne Pistons
1949–1950	Boston Celtics
1950–1951	Anderson Packers
Career highlights and awards
	Consensus first-team All-American (1942); Consensus second-team All-American (1941); 3× All-SWC (1940–1942); No. 23 retired by Rice Owls;
Career BAA/NBA statistics
Points	1,125
Rebounds	Not tracked
Assists	177
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Robert Paul Kinney (September 16, 1920 – September 2, 1985) was an American professional basketball player in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Professional Basketball League (NPBL).^[1]^[2] Besides Bob, his nicknames included Hi-Pocket and Bat-em Bob.^[1] Kinney, who attended high school in San Antonio, Texas, went to college at Rice University where he was a standout on the basketball team in 1940–41 and 1941–42.

During his career at Rice, Kinney, who was an imposing 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), 215 pounds (98 kg) center and forward, was a two-time consensus All-American. He was a Second Team selection in 1941 and a First Team All-American in 1942. He joined the Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball League (a precursor to the NBA) in 1945.^[3] On January 30, 1949, he was sold by the Pistons to the Boston Celtics and finished out the year with them.^[1] At the conclusion of the season, the BAA merged with some of the teams from the NBL to form the NBA. Kinney was retained for the 1949–50 season, which was the NBA's first, and therefore the Celtics' first in the league.^[1] In 60 games that year, Kinney scored 667 points (11.1 ppg).^[1] Kinney's NBA career ended after that season, but he played for the Anderson Packers of the NPBL in 1950–51.^[2] In 23 games, he averaged 12.4 points.^[2] On November 19, 1950, he tied a Packers franchise record with 28 points in a 73–81 loss to the Louisville Alumnites.^[4]

BAA/NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	FG%	Field-goal percentage
FT%	Free-throw percentage	APG	Assists per game
PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	FG%	FT%	APG	PPG
1948–49	Fort Wayne	37	.317	.573	1.4	6.9
1948–49	Boston	21	.335	.593	1.2	9.7
1949–50	Boston	60	.375	.628	1.7	11.1
Career		118	.353	.608	1.5	9.5

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Bob Kinney". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1950–51 National Professional Basketball League". APBR.org. The Association for Professional Basketball Research. 2010. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
^ Official NBA Encyclopedia. Doubleday, 2000. pg. 592.
^ Luchter, Paul S. (June 7, 2010). "Single-Game Scoring Record Holders for U.S. Professional Basketball Franchises". luckyshow.org. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2010.