Forest Edward "Frosty" Able (born July 27, 1932) is a retired American

United States

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 basketball

Basketball

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 player.

A 6'3" (1.90 m) guard, Able attended Fairdale High School

Fairdale High School

Fairdale High School is a part of the Jefferson County Public Schools system in the United States. Approximately 950-1,000 students are enrolled. It is one of the District's Magnet Career Schools for Public Safety Technology...

 in Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

 before starring at Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....

 in the early 1950s, where he tallied 1,221 career points. Afterwards, he had a brief stint with the Syracuse Nationals

Syracuse Nationals

The Syracuse Nationals were an American professional basketball team that existed from 1946 to 1963 as part of the National Basketball League and National Basketball Association . They are currently known as the Philadelphia 76ers, and are the NBA's oldest continued franchise.The team began in...

, who selected him in the 1956 NBA Draft

1956 NBA Draft

The 1956 NBA Draft was the 10th annual draft of the National Basketball Association . The draft was held on April 30, 1956 before the 1956–57 season. In this draft, eight NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players...

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Able now works as a teacher at Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School.

External links

• NBA stats @ basketballreference.com