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Jay Arnette
American basketball player (born 1938) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jay Hoyland Arnette (born December 19, 1938[1]) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. Arnette played professionally for the Cincinnati Royals of the NBA from 1963–1965.
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Born | (1938-12-19) December 19, 1938 (age 85) Austin, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | McCallum (Austin, Texas) | ||||||||||||||
College | Texas (1957–1960) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1960: 2nd round, 9th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Cincinnati Royals | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1963–1965 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||
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1963–1965 | Cincinnati Royals | ||||||||||||||
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Points | 424 (3.7 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
Rebounds | 116 (1.0 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
Assists | 139 (1.2 apg) | ||||||||||||||
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A 6'2" guard born in Austin, Texas and from Austin's University of Texas, Arnette competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal with the United States men's national basketball team.[2] From 1963 to 1965, he played in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Cincinnati Royals, averaging 3.7 points per game.[1] In 2010, the 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team on which Arnette played was collectively inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[3]
While playing basketball Arnette attended a dental school at Baylor College of Dentistry. He later obtained licenses in dentistry and pharmacy, but practiced orthodontics in Austin, Texas.[3][4]