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{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Ken Barlow
| name = Ken Barlow
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| caption =
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| position =
| height_ft = 6
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 10
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 250
| weight_lb = 250
| number =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|9|20}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|9|20}}
| birth_place = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
| birth_place = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
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| career_end = 2002
| career_end = 2002
| career_number = 8
| career_number = 8
| career_position = [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| career_position = [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|center]]
| years1 = 1986–1987
| years1 = 1986–1987
| team1 = [[Olimpia Milano|Tracer Milano]]
| team1 = [[Olimpia Milano]]
| years2 = 1987–1990
| years2 = 1987–1990
| team2 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
| team2 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
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| team3 = [[P.A.O.K. B.C.|PAOK]]
| team3 = [[P.A.O.K. B.C.|PAOK]]
| years4 = 1993–1994
| years4 = 1993–1994
| team4 = [[Viola Reggio Calabria|Pfizer Reggio Calabria]]
| team4 = [[Viola Reggio Calabria]]
| years5 = 1994
| years5 = 1994
| team5 = [[Pallacanestro Treviso|Benetton Treviso]]
| team5 = [[Pallacanestro Treviso|Benetton Treviso]]
| years6 = 1995–1996
| years6 = 1995–1996
| team6 = [[Olimpia Basket Pistoia|Olimpia Pistoia]]
| team6 = [[Olimpia Basket Pistoia|Pistoia]]
| years7 = 1997–1999
| years7 = 1997–1999
| team7 = [[RB Montecatini Terme|Snai Montecatini]]
| team7 = [[RB Montecatini Terme|Montecatini]]
| years8 = 1999–2000
| years8 = 1999–2000
| team8 = [[Dinamo Basket Sassari|Dinamo Sassari]]
| team8 = [[Dinamo Basket Sassari|Dinamo Sassari]]
| years9 = 2000–2002
| years9 = 2000–2002
| team9 = [[Pallacanestro Don Bosco Livorno|Mabo Livorno]]
| team9 = [[Pallacanestro Don Bosco Livorno|Basket Livorno]]
| highlights =
| highlights =
* [[EuroLeague champion]] ([[1987 FIBA European Champions Cup Final|1987]])
* [[EuroLeague]] champion ([[1987 FIBA European Champions Cup Final|1987]])
* [[FIBA Saporta Cup]] champion ([[1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup|1991]])
* [[FIBA Saporta Cup]] champion ([[1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup|1991]])
* [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian League]] champion (1987)
* [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian League]] champion (1987)
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* [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] champion (1992)
* [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] champion (1992)
* [[Greek Basketball Cup MVP|Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer]] (1991)
* [[Greek Basketball Cup MVP|Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer]] (1991)
* [[HEBA Greek All Star Game|Greek League All-Star]] (1991)
* 3× [[Israeli Basketball Premiere League|Israeli League]] champion (1988–1990)
* 3× [[Israeli Basketball Premiere League|Israeli League]] champion (1988–1990)
* 2× [[Israeli Basketball State Cup|Israeli State Cup]] winner (1989, 1990)
* 2× [[Israeli Basketball State Cup|Israeli State Cup]] winner (1989, 1990)
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* [[McDonald's All-American]] ([[1982 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|1982]])
* [[McDonald's All-American]] ([[1982 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|1982]])
}}
}}

'''Kenneth Barlow''' (born September 20, 1964) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. Barlow graduated from the [[University of Notre Dame]] in [[Notre Dame, Indiana]].
'''Kenneth Barlow''' (born September 20, 1964) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. Barlow graduated from the [[University of Notre Dame]] in [[Notre Dame, Indiana]].


== College career ==
== Early years ==
Barlow attended [[Cathedral High School (Indianapolis)|Cathedral High School]]. As a senior, he led the school to the state semifinal game and received [[All-American]] honors. He accepted a basketball scholarship from the [[University of Notre Dame]].
Barlow played [[college basketball]] at the University of Notre Dame, with the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]].


He served as team [[captain (sports)|captain]] his final two seasons, while helping the Irish to two NCAA tournament berths (1985, 1986), and a runner-up finish at the 1984 [[National Invitation Tournament]] (NIT).
As a sophomore in the 1983–84 season, he contributed along with [[point guard]] [[David Rivers]], to a runner-up finish at the [[1984 National Invitation Tournament]] (NIT).

He served as team [[captain (sports)|captain]] his final two seasons while helping the Irish to two NCAA tournament berths in 1985 and 1986. As a senior, he received the school's Student Athlete of the Year award.

In 2019, he was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.


==Professional career==
==Professional career==
Barlow was selected by the [[Los Angeles Lakers]], in the first round (23rd overall) of the [[1986 NBA draft]]. On June 16, he was traded along with [[shooting guard]] [[Mike McGee (basketball)|Mike McGee]] to the [[Atlanta Hawks]], in exchange for the rights to [[small forward]] [[Billy Thompson (basketball)|Billy Thompson]] and [[shooting guard]] [[Ron Kellogg]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-17-mn-11821-story.html | title=Lakers Deal McGee to Hawks for Rights to 2 Draft Choices | work=Los Angeles Times | date=June 17, 1986 |access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref>
After college, Barlow was selected by the [[Los Angeles Lakers]], in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the [[1986 NBA draft]].

On August 24, before the start of the Hawks training camp, he was driving a van in which former college teammate [[David Rivers]] was also traveling, returning to an apartment they shared after working a summer job with a caterer business, when the vehicle overturned and went into a ditch, after trying to avoid an oncoming car. Barlow had minor cuts, but Rivers suffered a life-threatening 15-inch abdominal cut, that he was able to recover from to play in 32 college games that season.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/399668812/ | title= Irish's Rivers, Hawks' Barlow hurt in auto crash | publisher=The Atlanta Constitution | date=August 25, 1988 | access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-29-sp-4950-story.html | title=1988 NBA DRAFT : Lakers Make David Rivers the Last of the First | work=Los Angeles Times | date=June 28, 1988 | access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref> On September 13, it was announced in the media, that he would play in Italy with the [[Tracer Milano]] instead of the [[NBA]], where he averaged 16.9 points and 8.4 rebounds in 30 games.

In 1987, he played in Israel with the [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.]] On December 14, he was traded to the [[Golden State Warriors]] in exchange for [[Center (basketball)|center]] [[Chris Washburn]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-16-sp-19511-story.html | title=Warriors Trade Washburn to Hawks | work=Los Angeles Times | date=December 15, 1987 |access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref>

In 1988, he worked out with the [[Golden State Warriors]] in a mini-camp and in the Northwest Summer League. He returned to play in Europe, after head coach and general manager [[Don Nelson]], encouraged him to keep improving his basketball skills.

He spent 16 years playing professionally in Europe, winning an Italian championship (1987), a [[FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague history|FIBA European Champions Cup]] (1987), three Israeli championships (1988, 1989 and 1990) and a Greek championship (1992).


Some of the clubs that he played with in Europe include: [[Olimpia Milano]], [[Maccabi Tel Aviv (basketball)|Maccabi Tel Aviv]], [[P.A.O.K. B.C.|PAOK]], [[Viola Reggio Calabria|Pfizer Reggio Calabria]], [[Pallacanestro Treviso|Benetton Treviso]], [[Olimpia Basket Pistoia|Olimpia Pistoia]], and [[Pallacanestro Don Bosco Livorno|Mabo Livorno]].
Some of the clubs that he played with in Europe include: [[Olimpia Milano]], [[Maccabi Tel Aviv (basketball)|Maccabi Tel Aviv]], [[P.A.O.K. B.C.|PAOK]], [[Viola Reggio Calabria|Pfizer Reggio Calabria]], [[Pallacanestro Treviso|Benetton Treviso]], [[Olimpia Basket Pistoia|Olimpia Pistoia]], and [[Pallacanestro Don Bosco Livorno|Mabo Livorno]].


== Personal ==
== Personal life ==


Ken has two sons, who both played [[college basketball]]: [[Kelsey Barlow]], who played at Purdue and UIC, and Keenan, who played for [[Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball|Indiana State]] and Tiffin. He also has a cousin, Ashley Barlow, who tri-captained the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team, in 2009 and 2010. She played for Notre Dame from 2007–2010.
Ken has two sons, who both played [[college basketball]]: [[Kelsey Barlow]], who played at [[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue]] and UIC, and Keenan, who played for [[Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball|Indiana State]] and [[Tiffin Dragons|Tiffin]]. He also has a cousin, Ashley Barlow, who tri-captained the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team, in 2009 and 2010. She played for Notre Dame from 2007 to 2010.


Ken is now a minister, at a local church in Indianapolis.
Ken is now a minister, at a local church in Indianapolis.
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==Awards and accomplishments==
==Awards and accomplishments==
* [[McDonald's All-American]]: (1982)
* [[McDonald's All-American]]: (1982)
* [[EuroLeague]] [[EuroLeague|Champion]]: ([[1987 FIBA European Champions Cup Final|1987]])
* [[EuroLeague|EuroLeague Champion]]: ([[1987 FIBA European Champions Cup Final|1987]])
* 3× [[EuroLeague Finals|EuroLeague Finalist]]: ([[1987 FIBA European Champions Cup Final|1987]], [[1988 EuroLeague Final Four|1988]], [[1989 EuroLeague Final Four|1989]])
* 3× [[EuroLeague Finals|EuroLeague Finalist]]: ([[1987 FIBA European Champions Cup Final|1987]], [[1988 EuroLeague Final Four|1988]], [[1989 EuroLeague Final Four|1989]])
* [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian League]] Champion: (1987)
* [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian League]] Champion: (1987)
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* [[Greek Basketball Cup MVP|Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer]]: (1991)
* [[Greek Basketball Cup MVP|Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer]]: (1991)
* [[FIBA Saporta Cup|FIBA European Cup]] ([[FIBA Saporta Cup]]) Champion: ([[1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup|1991]])
* [[FIBA Saporta Cup|FIBA European Cup]] ([[FIBA Saporta Cup]]) Champion: ([[1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup|1991]])
* [[HEBA Greek All Star Game|Greek League All-Star]] (1991)
* [[FIBA Saporta Cup|FIBA European Cup]] ([[FIBA Saporta Cup]]) Finalist: ([[1991–92 FIBA European Cup|1992]])
* [[FIBA Saporta Cup|FIBA European Cup]] ([[FIBA Saporta Cup]]) Finalist: ([[1991–92 FIBA European Cup|1992]])
* [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] Champion: (1992)
* [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] Champion: (1992)

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://web.legabasket.it/player/BAR-KEN-64/ Italian League Profile] {{in lang|it}} Retrieved 11 August 2015
*[http://web.legabasket.it/player/BAR-KEN-64/ Italian League Profile] {{in lang|it}} Retrieved 11 August 2015


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{{PAOK B.C. 1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup champions}}
{{Pallacanestro Treviso 1994–95 FIBA European Cup champions}}
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Latest revision as of 06:34, 23 November 2024

Ken Barlow
Personal information
Born (1964-09-20) September 20, 1964 (age 60)
Indianapolis, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High schoolCathedral (Indianapolis, Indiana)
CollegeNotre Dame (1982–1986)
NBA draft1986: 1st round, 23rd overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career1986–2002
PositionPower forward / center
Number8
Career history
1986–1987Olimpia Milano
1987–1990Maccabi Tel Aviv
1990–1993PAOK
1993–1994Viola Reggio Calabria
1994Benetton Treviso
1995–1996Pistoia
1997–1999Montecatini
1999–2000Dinamo Sassari
2000–2002Basket Livorno
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Kenneth Barlow (born September 20, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. Barlow graduated from the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Early years

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Barlow attended Cathedral High School. As a senior, he led the school to the state semifinal game and received All-American honors. He accepted a basketball scholarship from the University of Notre Dame.

As a sophomore in the 1983–84 season, he contributed along with point guard David Rivers, to a runner-up finish at the 1984 National Invitation Tournament (NIT).

He served as team captain his final two seasons while helping the Irish to two NCAA tournament berths in 1985 and 1986. As a senior, he received the school's Student Athlete of the Year award.

In 2019, he was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

Professional career

[edit]

Barlow was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers, in the first round (23rd overall) of the 1986 NBA draft. On June 16, he was traded along with shooting guard Mike McGee to the Atlanta Hawks, in exchange for the rights to small forward Billy Thompson and shooting guard Ron Kellogg.[1]

On August 24, before the start of the Hawks training camp, he was driving a van in which former college teammate David Rivers was also traveling, returning to an apartment they shared after working a summer job with a caterer business, when the vehicle overturned and went into a ditch, after trying to avoid an oncoming car. Barlow had minor cuts, but Rivers suffered a life-threatening 15-inch abdominal cut, that he was able to recover from to play in 32 college games that season.[2][3] On September 13, it was announced in the media, that he would play in Italy with the Tracer Milano instead of the NBA, where he averaged 16.9 points and 8.4 rebounds in 30 games.

In 1987, he played in Israel with the Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. On December 14, he was traded to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for center Chris Washburn.[4]

In 1988, he worked out with the Golden State Warriors in a mini-camp and in the Northwest Summer League. He returned to play in Europe, after head coach and general manager Don Nelson, encouraged him to keep improving his basketball skills.

He spent 16 years playing professionally in Europe, winning an Italian championship (1987), a FIBA European Champions Cup (1987), three Israeli championships (1988, 1989 and 1990) and a Greek championship (1992).

Some of the clubs that he played with in Europe include: Olimpia Milano, Maccabi Tel Aviv, PAOK, Pfizer Reggio Calabria, Benetton Treviso, Olimpia Pistoia, and Mabo Livorno.

Personal life

[edit]

Ken has two sons, who both played college basketball: Kelsey Barlow, who played at Purdue and UIC, and Keenan, who played for Indiana State and Tiffin. He also has a cousin, Ashley Barlow, who tri-captained the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team, in 2009 and 2010. She played for Notre Dame from 2007 to 2010.

Ken is now a minister, at a local church in Indianapolis.

Awards and accomplishments

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References

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  1. ^ "Lakers Deal McGee to Hawks for Rights to 2 Draft Choices". Los Angeles Times. June 17, 1986. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Irish's Rivers, Hawks' Barlow hurt in auto crash". The Atlanta Constitution. August 25, 1988. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  3. ^ "1988 NBA DRAFT : Lakers Make David Rivers the Last of the First". Los Angeles Times. June 28, 1988. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  4. ^ "Warriors Trade Washburn to Hawks". Los Angeles Times. December 15, 1987. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
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