Robert Earl "Bob" Kenney (June 23, 1931 – October 27, 2014) was an All-State basketball player at Winfield High School in

Winfield, Kansas Winfield is a city and county seat of Cowley County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Walnut River in South Central Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 11,777. It is home to Southwestern College. ...

as well as an American

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player who competed in the

Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport of Basketball at the Summer Olympics, basketball as an official Olympic medal event. 23 nations entered the competition. The top six teams at the Basketball at the 1948 ...

. He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal in seven matches. Prior to that, he played for the

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team. In 1999, Kenney was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fam

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1931 births 2014 deaths American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Kansas Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball United States men's national basketball team players Basketball players at the 1955 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games {{1930s-US-basketball-bio-stub Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in basketball 20th-century American sportsmen Delta Upsilon members