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A 6'9" [[Center (basketball)|center]], Spain played [[college basketball]] at [[University of Houston]] from 1966-1969. Spain graduated from [[Austin High School (Houston)|Austin High School]] in Houston.<ref name="Distinguished">"[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c3783acb02efc010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD Distinguished HISD Alumni]." ''[[Houston Independent School District]]''. Accessed October 11, 2008.</ref> |
A 6'9" [[Center (basketball)|center]], Spain played [[college basketball]] at [[University of Houston]] from 1966-1969. Spain graduated from [[Austin High School (Houston)|Austin High School]] in Houston.<ref name="Distinguished">"[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c3783acb02efc010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD Distinguished HISD Alumni]." ''[[Houston Independent School District]]''. Accessed October 11, 2008.</ref> |
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==Death== |
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Ken Spain died of cancer at age 44 in Houston, Texas. |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 20:02, 3 November 2012
John Kenneth Spain (October 6, 1946 – October 11, 1990) was an American professional basketball player.
Spain was selected by the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls with the 20th overall pick in the 1969 NBA Draft and by the Oakland Oaks in the 1969 ABA Draft. He played in eleven American Basketball Association games during the 1970-71 season for the Pittsburgh Condors.
A 6'9" center, Spain played college basketball at University of Houston from 1966-1969. Spain graduated from Austin High School in Houston.[1]
Death
Ken Spain died of cancer at age 44 in Houston, Texas.
References
- ^ "Distinguished HISD Alumni." Houston Independent School District. Accessed October 11, 2008.
External links
- Template:NBA historical player
- Career NBA stats @ basketball-reference.com
- Career NCAA stats @ thedraftreview.com
- Ken Spain olympics
Categories:
- 1946 births
- 1990 deaths
- Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Texas
- Centers (basketball)
- Chicago Bulls draft picks
- Houston Cougars men's basketball players
- Oakland Oaks draft picks
- Olympic basketball players of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Pittsburgh Condors players
- Sportspeople from Houston, Texas
- United States men's national basketball team members
- American basketball biography, 1940s birth stubs