Jay Arnette
Jay Hoyland Arnette (born December 19, 1938[1]) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. Arnette played professionally for the Cincinnati Royals of the NBA from 1963–1965.
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| Born | December 19, 1938 Austin, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| 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: 2nd round, 9th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Cincinnati Royals | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1963–1965 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1963–1965 | Cincinnati Royals | ||||||||||||||
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| 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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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 Baylor College of Dentistry. He later obtained licenses in dentistry and pharmacy, but practiced orthodontics in Austin, Texas.[3][4]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
NBA
Source[1]
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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| 1963–64 | Cincinnati | 48 | 10.4 | .362 | .778 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.8 |
| 1964–65 | Cincinnati | 63 | 10.5 | .371 | .747 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.8 |
| 1965–66 | Cincinnati | 3 | 4.7 | .167 | – | .0 | .0 | .7 |
| Career | 114 | 10.3 | .365 | .760 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.7 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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| 1963–64 | Cincinnati | 8 | 9.9 | .355 | .875 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| 1964–65 | Cincinnati | 1 | 2.0 | .000 | – | .0 | 1.0 | .0 |
| Career | 9 | 9.0 | .344 | .875 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.2 | |
References
- "Jay Arnette". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- "2014-15 Texas Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). texassports.com. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
- "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 and Basketball-Reference.com
- Olympians' Almanza and Arnette look back at a century of Horns hoops at TexasSports.com
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