Bennie Purcell
American basketball player and tennis coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bennie Allen Purcell (December 10, 1929 – February 12, 2016) was a basketball player who became a tennis coach at Murray State University, coaching the Racers for 28 years. His teams won 11 Ohio Valley Conference men's tennis championships, and he was eight times selected OVC Men's Tennis Coach of the Year.[1]
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Personal information | |
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Born | (1929-12-10)December 10, 1929 Mount Vernon, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | February 12, 2016(2016-02-12) (aged 86) Murray, Kentucky, U.S. |
Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Mt. Vernon (Mount Vernon, Illinois) |
College | Murray State (1949–1952) |
NBA draft | 1952: — round, — |
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets | |
Position | Guard |
Number | 21 |
Career history | |
1954–1959 | Washington Generals |
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