Gilmore Kinney
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Gilmore Kinney was an American college basketball standout at Yale University
in the 1900s. He was a two-time Helms Athletic Foundation
All-American
(1905
, 1907
) and was named their National Player of the Year as a senior
in 1906–07. That year, he led the Yale Bulldogs
to their first-ever Eastern Intercollegiate League
season championship title, and was the league's leading scorer at 10.1 points per game.
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in the 1900s. He was a two-time Helms Athletic Foundation
Helms Athletic Foundation
The Helms Athletic Foundation was an athletic foundation based in Los Angeles, founded in 1936 by Bill Schroeder and Paul Helms. It put together a panel of experts to select National Champion teams and make All-America team selections in a number of college sports including football and basketball...
All-American
NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The NCAA Men's Basketball All-American teams are honorary teams made up of those NCAA basketball players voted the best in the country by a variety of organizations.-History:...
(1905
1905 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 1905 College Basketball All-American team, as chosen by the Helms Foundation. The player highlighted by gold indicates that he was chosen as the Helms Foundation Player of the Year....
, 1907
1907 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 1907 College Basketball All-American team, as chosen by the Helms Foundation. The player highlighted by gold indicates that he was chosen as the Helms Foundation Player of the Year....
) and was named their National Player of the Year as a senior
Senior (education)
Senior is a term used in the United States to describe a student in the 4th year of study .-High school:...
in 1906–07. That year, he led the Yale Bulldogs
Yale Bulldogs men's basketball
The Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, competing in the Ivy League. The team plays home games in the John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium...
to their first-ever Eastern Intercollegiate League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
season championship title, and was the league's leading scorer at 10.1 points per game.