) Arnette with mother in 1960 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | December 19, 1938 Austin, Texas | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | |||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||
| High school | McCallum (Austin, Texas) | |||||||||||||
| College | Texas (1957–1960) | |||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1960 / Round: 2 / Pick: 9th overall | |||||||||||||
| Selected by the Cincinnati Royals | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1963–1965 | |||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | |||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1965 | Cincinnati Royals | |||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
| Points | 424 (3.7 ppg) | |||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 116 (1.0 rpg) | |||||||||||||
| Assists | 139 (1.2 apg) | |||||||||||||
Stats  at NBA.com | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||
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Jay Hoyland Arnette (born December 19, 1938[1]) is an American former professional basketball player.
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 University of Texas. He later obtained licenses in dentistry and pharmacy, but practiced orthodontics in Austin, Texas.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Jay Arnette". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ^ "2014-15 Texas Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). texassports.com. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
- ^ a b "BCD alum to be inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame". tamhsc.edu. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ^ Jay Arnette. sports-reference.com
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com
or Basketball-Reference.com - Olympians' Almanza and Arnette look back at a century of Horns hoops at TexasSports.com