height_ft death_date nationality birth_date years draft_year team draft_pick number college name high_school weight_lb draft_team position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 18 september 2010 american 26 september 1925 1949 -- 1952 1948 indianapolis olympians -- 14 kentucky -lrb- 1945 -- 1948 -rrb- joe holland benton -lrb- benton , kentucky -rrb- 185 baltimore bullets forward -- h 4 hollajo01 joe holland -lrb- basketball -rrb-

joe holland -lrb- basketball -rrb-

joseph burnett holland , sr. -lrb- september 26 , 1925 -- september 18 , 2010 -rrb- was an american basketball player .
he won an ncaa championship at the university of kentucky and played three years in the national basketball association from 1949 to 1952 .
holland , a 6 ' 4 forward from benton , kentucky , played for kentucky from 1945 to 1948 .
he was a key player for the wildcats , earning first team all-southeastern conference in 1947 and playing a key role in helping adolph rupp win his first championship as a part of the 1947 -- 48 wildcats team .
after graduating from uk in 1949 , holland was drafted by the baltimore bullets in the 1948 baa draft .
holland played three seasons with the indianapolis olympians , where he was reunited with college teammates cliff barker , ralph beard , wah wah jones and jack parkinson .
holland played three seasons for the olympians , averaging 5.8 points , 4.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in 186 total games .
holland died on september 18 , 2010 .
