Ron King (born July 11, 1951) is a retired American basketball player. He played for the

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in the

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(ABA). A 6'4"

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from

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, was Kentucky Mr. Basketball as a senior at Central High School. He chose

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for college, where as a junior he led the Seminoles to the 1972 National Championship game, where they lost to

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81–76. King scored 1,252

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in his college career (19.6 per game) and set the school single-game scoring record with 46 against Georgia Southern on February 11, 1971. After graduation, King was drafted by the

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in the fourth round (63rd pick overall) of the

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. He signed instead with the

of the ABA, playing one season and averaging 7.1 points per game in the 1973–74 season.

References

External links

College stats at Nolefan.org
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