height_ft death_date statvalue nationality birth_date years death_place draft_year team draft_pick college statlabel name stats_league high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title historical_profile
6 9 december 2007 11 -rrb- 1 -lrb- 0.2 apg -rrb- -lrb- 1.8 ppg -rrb- 9 -lrb- 1.5 rpg american august 11 , 1929 1951 -- 1952 1952 perham , minnesota 1951 elmira colonels -lrb- abl -rrb- milwaukee hawks 51 drake -lrb- 1947 -- 1951 -rrb- points rebounds assists john rennicke nba east aurora -lrb- aurora , illinois -rrb- 185 aurora , illinois tri-cities blackhawks guard 6 r 2 rennijo01 john rennicke
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john rennicke

john william rennicke -lrb- august 11 , 1929 -- december 9 , 2007 -rrb- was an american professional basketball player .
he grew up in aurora , illinois , and played basketball for east aurora high school , where he was later inducted into the athletic hall of fame .
after a successful collegiate career with drake , rennicke was selected in the sixth round 1951 nba draft by the tri-cities blackhawks .
he played for the milwaukee hawks in only six games during the second half of the 1951 -- 52 season .
he also played for the elmira colonels in the american basketball league in 1951 -- 52 before retiring from professional basketball .
rennicke also played minor league baseball in the chicago cubs organization .
rennicke died in minnesota in 2007 .
