Jack Tingle

Robert Jackson "Jack" Tingle


Born:
December 30, 1924
Bedford, KY

Died:
September 22, 1958
Louisville, KY


Career
1940-41 Trimble County High School - Bedford, KY (High School)
1941-42 Trimble County High School - Bedford, KY (High School)
1942-43 Trimble County High School - Bedford, KY (High School)
1943-44 University of Kentucky (College)
1944-45 University of Kentucky (College)
1945-46 University of Kentucky (College)
1946-47 University of Kentucky (College)
1947-48 Washington Capitols (BAA)
1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers (BAA)
1949-50 Hiseville High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach
1950-51 Hiseville High School - Kentucky (High School) Head coach


Born to Howard and Mary Tingle, Jack was a basketball star at Trimble High School before heading off to UK. He played two seasons professionally and later coached Hiseville HS. In 1950, he took a job as a photoengraver at the Louisville Courier-Journal. Tingle died of cancer in 1958 at the young age of 33.

He married Joan Ruby and they had two daughters and a son.

Source:
Louisville Courier-Journal, September 23, 1958

Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/tinglja01.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=tinglja01