Kenneth Saylors is an American former

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player. He played at

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in Everton, Arkansas, where he had his No. 33 jersey retired. Saylors played

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for the Arkansas Polytechnic College Wonder Boys and is the program's all-time leading scorer with 2,470 career points. He also holds records for single-season points scored with 831 and career free throws made with 578. Saylors is the only Wonder Boys player to be named an All-

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(AIC) selection four times. Saylors was selected as the 17th overall pick in the

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by the

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but never played in the

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(NBA). He played for the

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from 1963 to 1965. Saylors also played for the Milwaukee Zips. After his retirement from playing, he became a basketball official for high school and college games. Saylors was inducted into the Arkansas Officials Hall of Fame in 2005, the Tech Hall of Distinction in 2008 and the

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in 2009.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saylors, Kenny Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American men's basketball players Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball players Basketball players from Arkansas Forwards (basketball) People from Stone County, Arkansas Phillips 66ers players St. Louis Hawks draft picks