Warren Wayne Whitlinger (April 4, 1914 – April 30, 2012) was an American professional basketball player.[1][2] He played in the National Basketball League for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids during the 1937–38 season and averaged 4.5 points per game.[1][3] As a senior at Ohio State in 1935–36, Whitlinger led the Big Ten Conference in scoring and was named to the All-Big Ten team.[2] He also earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Ohio State, graduating in 1940, and then accepted a job to work for Kimberly-Clark Corporation.[4]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 4, 1914 Barnesville, Ohio |
| Died | April 30, 2012 (aged 98) Neenah, Wisconsin |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Zanesville (Zanesville, Ohio) |
| College | Ohio State (1933–1936) |
| Position | Forward |
| Career history | |
| 1936–1937 | Columbus Athletic Supplies |
| 1936–1937 | Zanesville Greys |
| 1937–1938 | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
| 1938–1939 | Columbus Hilltop Merchants |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Family and tennis connections
editIn the early 1960s Whitlinger became involved with tennis.[4] It became his new passion and he got into coaching, where he ended up training three different national champions within his own family – his son John and his twin granddaughters Tami and Teri.[4] All three went on to have professional tennis careers, and John served as Stanford's men's tennis head coach from 2005 to 2014.[4]
The Whitlingers were recognized as the Wisconsin and Midwest Tennis Family of the Year in 1986 and the USTA National Tennis Family of the Year in 1987.[4] Warren was inducted into the Fox Valley Tennis Association Hall of Fame in 1999.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Warren Whitlinger NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ a b "Warren Whitlinger". Peach Basket Society. September 16, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Warren Whitlinger Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "Warren Whitlinger (1914–2012)". The Post Crescent. Legacy.com. 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
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