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Ken Spain

Ken Spain

American basketball player

For the political strategist, see Ken Spain (political strategist).

John Kenneth Spain (October 6, 1946 – October 11, 1990) was an American professional basketball player.

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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 the University of Houston with Elvin Hayes from 1966–1969. Spain graduated from Austin High School in Houston.[1]

Spain died of cancer at age 44 in Houston, Texas.

References

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    "Distinguished HISD Alumni Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District. Accessed October 11, 2008.
  • Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com Edit this at Wikidata
  • Career NBA stats @ basketball-reference.com
  • Career NCAA stats @ thedraftreview.com
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ken Spain". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.


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