Ron King (born July 11, 1951) is a retired American basketball player. He played for the Kentucky Colonels in the American Basketball Association (ABA). A 6'4" shooting guard 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 points 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 Golden State Warriors in the fourth round (63rd pick overall) of the

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. He signed instead with the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA, playing one season and averaging 7.1 points per game in the 1973–74 season.

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External links

College stats at Nolefan.org
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