Ken Gardner

Kenneth Kay Gardner (born September 27, 1949, Ogden, Utah) is a retired American basketball player. He is best known for playing for the now-defunct French club AS Berck, with which he won the French National Championship in 1973 and 1974.[1] Gardner went on to play for the also defunct Nice BC of the LNB (French National Basketball League) and the Utah Stars of the ABA.[2] Gardner was twice named the best American player in France during his five year career there,[3] during which he averaged 22.8 points per game.[4] His 6,012 career points still rank in the top 100 among all-time scorers in the French league.[5]

Gardner played for the University of Utah in college and ranks top ten in points per game and top five in rebounds per game in the school's history.[6] Gardner was one of only two unanimous selections to the Western Athletic Conference all-conference basketball team in 1971.[7] Gardner was also 2nd Team all-conference as a Junior in 1970.[8] He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1970 Utah Classic after leading the Utes with 25 points and 20 rebounds in a win over the University of Washington in the championship game.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Legende 73(French language website commemorating the 30th anniversary of AS Berck's first championship)["]. Association Légende 73. http://www.legende73.com/. 
  2. ^ "Utah Stars Team Roster". RememberTheABA.com. http://www.remembertheaba.com/TeamMaterial/UtahMaterial/StarsRosters2.html. 
  3. ^ Drew, Jay (February 24, 1993). "Gardners Hoping History Repeats Itself--Sort Of". The Salt Lake Tribune, February 24, 1993, p. D1. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10112A06B5CE32E2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. 
  4. ^ "Classement des plus grands joueurs du championnat de France du 81° au 90° (French language website that details the history of basketball in France)["]. www.basketballarchives.fr. http://www.basketarchives.fr/classgeneral.htm. 
  5. ^ "Classement des plus grands joueurs du championnat de France (French language website that lists the top scorers in league history)["]. www.basketballarchives.fr. http://www.basketarchives.fr/classgeneral.htm. 
  6. ^ "Men's Basketball Archives". University of Utah. http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/061200aac.html. 
  7. ^ "Gardner Tops WAC Team". Deseret News, March 8, 1971, p. 4B. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Aul-kAQHnToC&dat=19710308&printsec=frontpage. 
  8. ^ "Newlin Paces WAC Picks". Deseret News, March 2, 1970, p. 6B. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Aul-kAQHnToC&dat=19700302&printsec=frontpage. 
  9. ^ "Ute's Show Season's Best Cohesion". Deseret News, December 21, 1970, p. 6D. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JDAoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z0oDAAAAIBAJ&dq=ken-gardner&pg=7220%2C5961501.