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Chad Kinch No. 20, 21 Point guard / Shooting guard Personal information Date of birth May 22, 1958 Place of birth Perth Amboy, New Jersey Nationality American Date of death April 3, 1994 (aged 35) Place of death Carteret, New Jersey High school Perth Amboy Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg) Career information College North Carolina–Charlotte (1976–1980) NBA Draft 1980 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22nd overall Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers Pro career 1980–1981 Career history 1980–1981 Cleveland Cavaliers 1981 Dallas Mavericks Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball-Reference.com Chadwick Oliver Kinch (May 22, 1958 – April 3, 1994) was an American professional basketball player. He was a 6'4" (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) shooting guard and played collegiately at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte after starring at Perth Amboy High School in Perth Amboy, New Jersey,[1] his place of birth.
He was selected with the 22nd pick in the first round of the 1980 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.[2] He spent his only NBA season (1980-81) split between the Cavaliers and the Dallas Mavericks. The Cavs traded Kinch, along with a 1985 first round draft choice to the Mavericks in exchange for Geoff Huston and a 1983 third round draft choice on February 7, 1981.[2]
Kinch died of AIDS-related complications in 1994, aged 35, at his home in Carteret, New Jersey.[3] He was survived by a wife and son.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b Staff. Chad Kinch, 35, Ex-Basketball Star, The New York Times, April 8, 1994. Accessed February 28, 2011. "CARTERET, N.J., April 7— Chad Kinch, a former basketball star at Perth Amboy High School in New Jersey and the Cleveland Cavaliers' No. 1 draft choice in 1980, died at home on Sunday. He was 35."
- ^ a b Cavaliers All-Time RosterPDF (4.14 MiB); retrieved June 26, 2007
- ^ Still stunning the world 10 years later, ESPN The Magazine
External links
- NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
- Chad Kinch profile @ thedraftreview.com
1980 NBA Draft First round Joe Barry Carroll · Darrell Griffith · Kevin McHale · Kelvin Ransey · James Ray · Mike O'Koren · Mike Gminski · Andrew Toney · Michael Brooks · Ronnie Lester · Kiki Vandeweghe · Mike Woodson · Rickey Brown · Wes Matthews · Reggie Johnson · Charles Whitney · Larry Drew · Don Collins · John Duren · Bill Hanzlik · Monti Davis · Chad Kinch · Carl NicksSecond round Larry Smith · Jeff Ruland · Sam Worthen · John Stroud · Craig Shelton · Louis Orr · Kenny Natt · Wayne Robinson · David Lawrence · Bruce Collins · Roosevelt Bouie · Rick Mahorn · DeWayne Scales · Butch Carter · Terry Stotts · Michael Wiley · Dick Miller · Jawann Oldham · Kimberly Belton · Billy Williams · Clyde Austin · Brad Branson · Arnette HallmanCategories:- 1958 births
- 1994 deaths
- African American basketball players
- American basketball players
- Charlotte 49ers men's basketball players
- Cleveland Cavaliers draft picks
- Cleveland Cavaliers players
- Dallas Mavericks players
- Basketball players from New Jersey
- People from Carteret, New Jersey
- People from Perth Amboy, New Jersey
- Shooting guards
- AIDS-related deaths in New Jersey
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs
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