Jerry Harkness

Jerry Harkness

No. 21, 15
Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth	May 7, 1940 (1940-05-07) (age 71)
Place of birth	New York City, New York
Nationality	American
High school	DeWitt Clinton
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College	Loyola
NBA Draft	1963 / Round: 2 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Pro career	1963–1969
Career history
1963–1964	New York Knicks
1967–1969	Indiana Pacers (ABA)
Career highlights and awards
NCAA Champion (1963) Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1963)
Career NBA and ABA statistics
Points	618 (7.2 ppg)
Rebounds	233 (2.7 rpg)
Assists	156 (1.8 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Jerald B. "Jerry" Harkness (born May 7, 1940 in Harlem, New York) is an American former basketball player.

Before playing in the professional leagues, the 6'3" Harkness was a star at DeWitt Clinton High School and Loyola University Chicago. At Loyola, he served as captain on the team that upset the University of Cincinnati to win the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. He then moved on to the professional leagues, playing one season (1963–64) with the NBA's New York Knicks and two seasons (1967–1969) with the ABA's Indiana Pacers.

Though his professional career was relatively short, he left his mark in the record books on November 13, 1967, when he hit a 92-foot (28 m)-long game-winning buzzer beater to lead the Pacers past the Dallas Chaparrals. This is still the longest shot ever made in any American professional basketball game (see [1]).

Harkness became an Indianapolis sportscaster when his playing career ended in 1969. He has also devoted much of his time to civil rights issues. He worked with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in the early 1970s, and he currently serves as director of the Indianapolis Chapter of 100 Black Men, a national organization dedicated to supporting and training young African American males.

External links

• Career stats at basketball-reference.com
• Jerry Harkness at thehistorymakers.com

Persondata
Name	Harkness, Jerry
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Date of birth	May 7, 1940
Place of birth	New York City, New York
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