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Forward/Center · 1974–75

Toby Kimball

Few big men anywhere rebounded like Kimball, who averaged 17.9 boards and 18.4 points over three seasons at UConn. The 6-foot-8 forward played nine NBA seasons from 1966 to 1975 for six teams, finishing with the expansion New Orleans Jazz, and his best year was his second — a double-double average of 11.0 points and 11.7 rebounds.

UConn enshrined him among its Huskies of Honor in 2006. Kimball died on May 2, 2017, at 74, his passing confirmed by his son.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHis career ended in the Jazz's inaugural 1974-75 season, and it ended almost immediately — three games in New Orleans.

Full name
Thomas Kimball
New Orleans Jazz tenure
1974–75
Position
Forward/Center
Born
1942, Framingham, Massachusetts
Died
2017
Height
6′6″ (198 cm)
Weight
220 lb (100 kg)
College
Connecticut
Drafted
1965, 4th round, Boston
Signature in the archive 1972-73 1972 Topps (d. 2017) BAS
Also on the shelf — unsigned 1973-74 Topps #37 KC-Omaha Kings

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With the Jazz

TOBY KIMBALL · 1974–75 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1974–75NOJ330.06.78.71.30.70.0.304—.857
JAZZ TOTAL1 SEASON330.06.78.71.30.70.0.304—.857

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

TOBY KIMBALL · 11 NOTES
  • Led all of NCAA Division I in rebounding in 1964–65 at Connecticut.
  • Was a member of the very first New Orleans Jazz team in 1974–75.
  • Died in 2017 — only items signed during his lifetime exist.
  • A knee injury in his rookie year dogged the rest of his career and he later won a cumulative-injury claim against the NBA.
  • Red Auerbach on parting with him: "I hated to give him up."
  • Won the 1966 Intercontinental Cup with Ignis Varese in the first season Italy allowed foreign players.
  • At Belmont Hill School he led teams to 55 straight wins, and the athletic director called him the finest all-around high school athlete he ever saw.
  • His 29 rebounds in a single game on March 8, 1965 still stands as the Connecticut school record.
  • He pulled down 28 rebounds against San Francisco in December 1967, the highest total of his NBA career.
  • In the franchise's first season he briefly wore number 7, the number Pete Maravich would soon make famous in New Orleans.
  • He met his wife Helen at Connecticut and they were married for fifty years.