The following basketball players played with the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association from the team's founding in 1967 until the ABA-NBA merger in 1976.
Henry Akin
Dan Anderson
Bird Averitt
Jimmie Baker
Howard Bayne
Orbie Bowling
Bill Bradley
Jim Bradley
Jim Caldwell
M. L. Carr
Darel Carrier
Bill Chamberlain
Wayne Chapman
Steve Chubin
Larry Conley
Jimmy Dan Conner
Bobby Croft
Louie Dampier
Ollie Darden
Penny Ann Early
John Fairchild
David Gaines
Mike Gale
Artis Gilmore
Travis Grant
Tom Hagan
Dennis Hamilton
Joe Hamilton
Dan Hester
Les Hunter
Dan Issel
Billy James
Stew Johnson
Caldwell Jones
Collis Jones
Johnny Jones
Wil Jones
Kevin Joyce
Ron King
Tommy Kron
Reggie Lacefield
Wendell Ladner
Manny Leaks
Jim Ligon
Sam Little
Gene Littles
Paul Long
Maurice Lucas
Randolph Mahaffey
Ted McClain
Jim McDaniels
Eldon McGriff
Gene Moore
Rick Mount
Allen Murphy
Cotton Nash
Johnny Neumann
Jim O'Brien
Bud Olsen
Tom Owens
Cincy Powell
Mike Pratt
Bobby Rascoe
Kendall Rhine
Red Robbins
Joe Roberts
Marv Roberts
John Roche
Pierre Russell
Rubin Russell
Walt Simon
Sam Smith
George Sutor
Keith Swagerty
Ron Thomas
George Tinsley
Jan van Breda Kolff
Claude Virden
Bobby Washington
Al Williams
Chuck Williams
Gene Williams
Tommy Woods
Howie Wright
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Kentucky Colonels
Based in Louisville, Kentucky
Franchise
Franchise
Players
Executives
Arenas
Louisville Gardens
Freedom Hall
Head Coaches
John Givens
Gene Rhodes
Alex Groza
Frank Ramsey
Joe Mullaney
Babe McCarthy
Hubie Brown
History
1975 ABA Champions
1971 ABA Runner Up
1973 ABA Runner Up
Penny Ann Early
ABA–NBA merger
ABA All-Time Team Players
Darel Carrier
Louie Dampier
Artis Gilmore
Dan Issel
Maurice Lucas
Seasons
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
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remains the top player in rebounds per game in Division I history. Gilmore followed five All-Star seasons with the KentuckyColonelsof the ABA by becoming...
which plays in the NWSL. Kentucky has had professional sports teams in its past, such as the Louisville Brecks/Colonelsof the NFL in the early 1920s...
with the KentuckyColonels. Dampier is the only player that had played in the playoff in all nine ABA years, He also was one of just two players to play...
(1973–74) and KentuckyColonels (1974–76) in the ABA for 236 games, winning the 1975 ABA championship with the Colonels. After the Colonels were disbanded...
the KentuckyColonels in the 1971 American Basketball Association draft. In 1974 he was drafted again by the KentuckyColonels in the 5th round of the...
then retired after another injury the next season. Nicknamed "the KentuckyColonel", Combs was known as a gentleman on and off the field. He remained...
college basketball player for the Eastern KentuckyColonelsof the Atlantic Sun Conference. He previously played for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. Cozart...
by the Detroit Pistons (8th round) of the National Basketball Association and the KentuckyColonels (1st round) of the American Basketball Association...
professional basketball player for Hiroshima Dragonflies of the B.League. He played college basketball for the Eastern KentuckyColonels and left as the program's...
he led the Colonels to a record of 38 wins and 42 losses. Fred Clarke was the Colonels' last manager. Clarke took over as player-manager of the team during...
from 1964 to 2002, compiling a record of 314–124–8. Kidd's Eastern KentuckyColonels won NCAA Division I-AA Football Championships in 1979 and 1982 and...
ABA Draft by the Oakland Oaks. Tinsley ended up playing with the KentuckyColonels during the 1969–70 ABA season, averaging 6.3 points and 4.0 rebounds...
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basketball team from 1956 to 2010, the arena's tenants included the KentuckyColonelsof the American Basketball Association from 1970 until the ABA-NBA merger...
Givens. Rhodes replaced Givens and guided the Colonels to fourth place in the Eastern Division. The Colonels lost the 1968 Eastern Division semifinals to...
President of the Board of the KentuckyColonelsof the American Basketball Association. Rupp died of spinal cancer at age 76 in Lexington, Kentucky, on December...