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. Hi ...

as well as an American

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player who competed in the Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal in seven matches. Prior to that, he played for the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

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

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Profile on DatabaseOlympics.com
1931 births 2014 deaths American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1955 Pan American Games 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 Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States United States men's national basketball team players Pan American Games medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games {{1930s-US-basketball-bio-stub