Jay Arnette
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 Arnette with mother in 1960 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | December 19, 1938 Austin, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | McCallum (Austin, Texas) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Texas (1957–1960) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1960: 2nd round, 9th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Cincinnati Royals | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1963–1965 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1963–1965 | Cincinnati Royals | ||||||||||||||
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| Points | 424 (3.7 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 116 (1.0 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 139 (1.2 apg) | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Jay Hoyland Arnette (born December 19, 1938[1]) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns.[2] Arnette played professionally for the Cincinnati Royals of the NBA from 1963 to 1965.
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.[3][4] From 1963 to 1965, he played in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Cincinnati Royals,[5] 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.[6]
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.[6][7]
