Reverend James McIntyre (1927 – December 10, 2005) was an American basketball player for the

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from 1945–46 to 1948–49. A native of

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, he led Patrick Henry High School to two state championships before becoming a two-time consensus All-American at

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. McIntyre is recognized as being the University of Minnesota's first true "big man." Standing at and playing the

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position, he was especially large for players of the late 1940s era. During his career, he was a two-time First Team All-

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and one-time Second Team All-Big Ten selection. McIntyre scored 1,223 points and had set a then-single season Minnesota scoring record of 360 points. Despite his success on the basketball court, McIntyre was never drafted into the

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. He spent most of his later life as a

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in the

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area and died on December 10, 2005, because of an infection.

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