height_ft statvalue nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number college stats_league name statlabel weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 2,739 -rrb- 299 -lrb- 0.9 apg -rrb- -lrb- 8.2 ppg -rrb- 1,866 -lrb- 5.6 rpg american 23 august 1949 1971 1971 -- 1974 1974 -- 1975 1975 1976 y 1971 dallas spirits of st. louis -lrb- aba -rrb- utah stars -lrb- chaparrals aba -rrb- houston rockets / san antonio spurs -lrb- aba -rrb- 139 50 , 55 , 44 , 30 fort -lrb- 1970 -- 1971 -rrb- worth cc -lrb- 1968 -- 1970 -rrb- tcu aba and nba goo kennedy points rebounds assists 205 charlotte , north carolina portland trail blazers 1977 power forward / center 9 k 5 kennego01 goo kennedy

goo kennedy

eugene `` goo '' kennedy -lrb- born august 23 , 1949 -rrb- is a retired american professional basketball player .
a 6 ' 5 '' forward/center , kennedy played one season -lrb- 1970 -- 71 -rrb- of college basketball at texas christian university , and was named the southwest conference player of the year after leading the tcu horned frogs to the conference championship .
he averaged 16.6 rebounds per game that season , with a high of 28 versus the university of arkansas .
after college , kennedy played four seasons in the american basketball association as a member of the dallas chaparrals , san antonio spurs , spirits of st. louis , and utah stars .
he then played one season in the national basketball association with the houston rockets .
he averaged 8.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game during his professional career .
as of 2003 , kennedy was working for the special education/alternative education center of the carrollton-farmers branch independent school district in texas .
he and his wife , mary , have raised more than forty foster children over the years .
