College hoops' 73-year-old player
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Ken Mink's return to college basketball has turned sour — just like it did 53 years ago.
Mink was kicked off the Lees College (Ky.) team as a freshman in 1956 when he was accused of spraying the coach's office with shaving cream. He says he was wrongly blamed.
Now 73, Mink became a minor celebrity when he made the roster at Roane State, a junior college outside of Nashville. When he made his debut in November, he was the oldest person to ever play college basketball.
A few months later, Mink has been ruled ineligible to play by the National Junior College Athletic Association because of what Mink calls "a total miscarriage of justice."
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Ken Mink’s in the record books. Now he can focus on the rest of the season.
Mink, a 73-year-old college basketball player for Roane State (Tenn.), scored two points in a 93-42 win on Monday night. He’s the oldest person to play college hoops.
Mink, who played for Lees College (Ky.) in the ‘50s, missed his first shot attempt, but later sunk two free throws to cement his spot in history.
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Ken Mink’s ready for his shot.
The Roane State (Tenn.) senior may become the world’s oldest college basketball player on Monday. He’s no ordinary senior. The last time Mink, 73, played college hoops, Dwight Eisenhower was President.
“Fifty-two years,” Mink says. “Can I retain that memory? Can I recapture that? I don’t know. It’s going to be a mystery for me.”
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The average male life expectancy is 75 years. By then, Ken Mink’s college basketball days will barely be over.
Mink, 73, is one of the newest players on Roane State (Tenn.), a junior college about 35 miles west of Knoxville. The 6-foot, 190-pound Mink is listed as a senior on Roane’s roster. No kidding.
The records aren't clear, but he's likely the oldest person to ever play college hoops.
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