Jay Arnette
Jay Hoyland Arnette (born December 19, 1938) 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.
 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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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. From 1963 to 1965, he played in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Cincinnati Royals, averaging 3.7 points per game. 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.
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.
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
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
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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