Dan King

Thomas Daniel "Dan" King


Born:
January 7, 1931
Paris, TN

Died:
January 20, 2003
Louisville, KY


Career
1947-48 Grove High School - Paris, TN (High School)
1948-49 Grove High School - Paris, TN (High School)
1949-50 Grove High School - Paris, TN (High School)
1951-52 Western Kentucky University (College)
1952-53 Western Kentucky University (College)
1953-54 Western Kentucky University (College)
1954-55 Baltimore Bullets (NBA)
1959-60 Edmondson County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1960-61 Edmondson County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1961-62 Edmondson County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1962-63 Edmondson County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1962-63 Western Kentucky University (College) Freshmen - Assistant coach
1963-64 Edmondson County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1963-64 Western Kentucky University (College) Freshmen - Head coach
1964-65 Edmondson County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1965-66 Edmondson County High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1972-73 Bishop David High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1973-74 Bishop David High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1975-76 Pleasure Ridge High School - Kentucky (High School) Assistant coach

Born to Lawrence and Lillian King, Dan King was baseball and basketball star at Grove HS in Paris, Tennessee. He was offered contracts by the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers but chose to go to college instead. King would star on the basketball team at Western Kentucky as well as pitch for the baseball team. He played for the Baltimore Bullets before the team disbanded shortly into the 1954-55 season. He continued to play baseball around Kentucky for a few years before concentrating on teaching and coaching for Edmondson High School. He later coached at Bishop David HS (now known as Holy Cross) and Pleasure Ridge HS. King was also a noted softball player, elected to the ASA Hall of Fame in 1987.

Dan married Norma Jean Ashlock in 1956 and they had one son.

Dan's cousin Chick King played baseball for five seasons in the major leagues.

Source:
Obituary, ewgrove.com


Stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kingda01.html
https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=kingda01