Kenneth Davis (basketball)
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| Born | Wayne County, Kentucky | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 181 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Wayne County (Monticello, Kentucky) | ||||||||||||
| College | Georgetown (Kentucky) (1967–1971) | ||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1971 / Round: 11 / Pick: 181st overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the New York Knicks | |||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||
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Kenneth "Kenny/Ken" Davis (born 1949, Wayne County, Kentucky) is a former American basketball player. After his collegiate career as a small college All-American at Georgetown College and a short stint with the Marathon Oil AAU team, Davis was named Captain of the U.S. national team in the 1972 Olympics. In the aftermath of the controversial finish to the Gold Medal game, Davis famously led the United States team in a refusal to accept the Silver Medal and has a provision in his will that neither his wife nor children may accept the medal after his death. After his basketball career ended, Davis became and still is a sales representative for Converse (39 years) and also is a noted motivational speaker residing in Garrard County, Kentucky.[1]
Davis was drafted by the New York Knicks in the eleventh round of the 1971 NBA draft. He never played professionally, however.