STATISTICS & HISTORY
Bob Kinney was an All-American at Rice Institute in 1941 and 1942. He served three years in the military during World War II before making his pro basketball debut with Fort Wayne midway through the 1945-46 season.
| BOB KINNEY | Height: | 6:06 | Weight: | 215 | College: | Rice’42 | |||||
| Robert Paul Kinney | Born: Sep 16, 1920 | Died: Sep 2, 1985 | Hometown: | San Antonio,Tex. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1938-39 | Rice (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Rice | College | 27 | 145 | 48 | 84 | .571 | 338 | 12.5 | ||
| 1940-41 | Rice | College | 24 | 128 | 96 | 144 | .667 | 352 | 14.7 | ||
| 1941-42 | Rice | College | 27 | 147 | 75 | 136 | .551 | 369 | 13.7 | ||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Marines | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 13 | 16 | 2 | 34 | 2.6 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 44 | 102 | 42 | 84 | .500 | 246 | 5.6 | ||
| 1947-48 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 58 | 149 | 92 | 147 | .626 | 390 | 6.7 | ||
| 1948-49 | Fort Wayne–Boston | BAA | 58 | 161 | 136 | 234 | .581 | 77 | 458 | 7.9 | |
| 1949-50 | Boston | NBA | 60 | 233 | 201 | 320 | .628 | 100 | 667 | 11.1 | |
| 1950-51 | Anderson | NPBL | 23 | 101 | 80 | 111 | .721 | 282 | 12.3 | ||
| Major League Totals | 256 | 762 | 553 | 2077 | 8.1 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1945-46 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 3.7 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Fort Wayne | WT | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 10 | 3.3 | ||
| 1946-47 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 8 | 18 | 17 | 53 | 6.6 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Fort Wayne | WBT | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 20 | 6.7 | ||
| 1947-48 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 4 | 20 | 3 | 43 | 10.8 | ||||
| 1947-48 | Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 8.0 | ||
| Major League Totals | 22 | 59 | 27 | 145 | 6.6 | ||||||