Gilmore Kinney

Gilmore Kinney jr

Personal information
Born	(1886-06-09)June 9, 1886 Ness City, Kansas
Died	December 15, 1916(1916-12-15) (aged 30) Forest Hills, New York
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	155 lb (70 kg)
Career information
High school	Phillips Academy (Andover, Massachusetts)
College	Yale (1903–1907)
Position	Forward
Career highlights
Helms Player of the Year (1907) 2× Consensus All-American (1905, 1907)

Gilmore Kinney (June 9, 1886 – December 15, 1916) ^[1] was an American college basketball standout at Yale University in the 1900s. He was a two-time Helms Athletic Foundation All-American (1905, 1907) ^[2] and was named their national player of the year as a senior in 1906–07. ^[3] That year, he led the Yale Bulldogs to their first-ever Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League season championship title, and was the league's leading scorer at 10.1 points per game. Kinney also played for Yale's baseball team. ^{[4] [5]}

Gilmore Kinney was also the older brother of Orson Kinney, another Yale basketball star who was an All-American in 1916–17. ^[6]

References

1. The Yale Alumni Weekly. Vol. 26 (1 ed.). New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University. 1916. p. 774.
2. "Ivy League Basketball All-Americans". Ivy League Sports. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
3. "1906–07 College Basketball Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
4. "The Yale Literary Magazine" (PDF). Volume 72. Yale University. October 1906 – June 1907. p. 35. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
5. "Yale Baseball Statistics". The Harvard Crimson . June 22, 1905. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
6. "Gilmore Kinney '07". p. 774. The Yale Alumni Weekly. 1916. Retrieved February 16, 2015.