Jay Hoyland Arnette (born December 19, 1938) is an American former professional

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player. He played

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for the

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. Arnette played professionally for the

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of the

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from 1963 to 1965. A 6'2"

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born in

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and from Austin's

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, Arnette competed at the

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, where he won a gold medal with the

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.From 1963 to 1965, he played in the

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as a member of the

, averaging 3.7

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. In 2010, the

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on which Arnette played was collectively inducted into the

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. While playing basketball Arnette attended a dental school at Baylor College of Dentistry. He later obtained licenses in

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and

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, but practiced

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in Austin, Texas.Jay Arnette
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Olympians' Almanza and Arnette look back at a century of Horns hoops
at TexasSports.com 1938 births Living people 20th-century American dentists American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Austin, Texas Cincinnati Royals draft picks Cincinnati Royals players Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball Point guards Texas Longhorns men's basketball players United States men's national basketball team players 20th-century American sportsmen {{1930s-US-basketball-bio-stub