height_ft death_date statvalue nationality birth_date career_start years death_place draft_year team draft_pick number college stats_league name statlabel high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 29 august 2011 3,123 -rrb- 685 -lrb- 2.1 apg -rrb- -lrb- 9.7 ppg -rrb- 1,009 -lrb- 3.1 rpg american 09 december 1927 1952 1952 -- 1953 1953 1953 -- 1957 richmond , kentucky 1952 baltimore knicks bullets elmira colonels -lrb- abl -rrb- new york 2 18 , 10 eastern kentucky -lrb- 1948 -- 1952 -rrb- nba jim baechtold points rebounds assists moon -lrb- coraopolis , pennsylvania -rrb- 205 mckeesport , pennsylvania baltimore bullets 1957 forward / guard 1 b 4 baechji01 jim baechtold

jim baechtold

james e. `` jim '' baechtold -lrb- december 9 , 1927 -- august 29 , 2011 -rrb- was an american basketball player and professor at eastern kentucky university .
he played collegiately for eastern kentucky university .
he was selected by the baltimore bullets in the 1st round -lrb- 2nd pick overall -rrb- of the 1952 nba draft .
he played for the bullets -lrb- 1952 -- 53 -rrb- and new york knicks -lrb- 1953 -- 57 -rrb- in the nba for 321 games .
from 1962 through 1966 , he served as eastern kentucky university 's head basketball coach .
in his five seasons , he coached two ovc runnersup and the 1965 conference championship team .
he was the ovc coach-of-the-year in 1965 .
afterwards , he served for several years as an associate professor in the university 's parks and recreation department .
