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17 Al Reynolds

Name
Al Reynolds
Position
Forward
Class
Freshman
Hometown (Last School)
East Orange, NJ (Clifford Scott)
Seasons
1944-45
Birthday
April 7, 1926

Al Reynolds was born Albert Solon Reynolds on April 7, 1926, in East Orange, New Jersey, to Dorothy Reynolds and Albert Solon Reynolds, Sr. 

Reynolds attended Clifford Scott High School before enrolling at the University of Kentucky in 1944.

Reynolds was listed as a 6-foot, 151-pound forward. He was a member of the Wildcats’ basketball team during the 1945 season, seeing action in only two games. His participation contributed to the team’s efforts during a period when collegiate athletics were resuming normalcy following World War II.  He was a multi-sport athlete participating in tennis and basketball.  He was the #1 tennis player as a freshman.

He transferred to Michigan State following his freshman year at Kentucky and graduated on June 5, 1949, with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

 

Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On June 25, 2015, continuing a record-setting recent run of draft picks, six more Wildcats are selected in the 2015 NBA Draft, tying UK’s own 2012 record mark.  Karl-Anthony Towns becomes the third UK player in program history to go No. 1, and an NBA-record-tying four Wildcats are taken in the lottery.

 

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