Jim Baechtold
basketball player
- December 9, 1927
- August 29, 2011
- 83 years
About Jim Baechtold
Jim Baechtold was a basketball player from United States. Born in 1927, Baechtold died in 2011 at the age of 83.
Explore other notable deaths in 2011 or deaths in August 2011.
Advertisement
Full Biography
|James Edward Baechtold (December 9, 1927 – August 29, 2011) was an American basketball player and professor at Eastern Kentucky University.
Basketball career
A graduate of Moon High School in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, Baechtold played collegiately for Eastern Kentucky University (1948–1952).
Baechtold was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the 1952 NBA draft.
He played for the Bullets (1952–53) and New York Knicks (1953–57) in the NBA for 321 games, averaging 9.7 points and 3.1 rebounds.
From 1962 through 1966, Baechtold served as Eastern Kentucky University’s head basketball coach. In his five seasons, he coached two OVC runners-up and the 1965 conference championship team. He was the OVC Coach-of-the-Year in 1965. Afterwards, he served for several years as an associate professor in the university's Parks and Recreation Department.
Career playing statistics
NBA
Source
Regular season
Playoffs
Content from Wikipedia — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Books & Media
Find books, audiobooks and films about Jim Baechtold on Amazon.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
Sources
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Baechtold
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sep 26, 2026
- View article
- View record
- September 29, 2026
- Sep 26, 2026
People who died on August 29
Related People
Spotted an error?
Help us keep the archive accurate. Report a correction with a source.
Report an error for Jim Baechtold →Advertisement