{{short description|American basketball player}} {{about||the American pediatrician|John Fielding Crigler}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = John Crigler | image = John_Crigler.jpg | width = | caption = Crigler from the 1958 ''Kentuckian'' | number = 32 | position = Forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 180 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|5|31}} | birth_place = Hebron, Kentucky, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|12|1|1936|5|31}} | death_place = Georgetown, Kentucky, U.S. | high_school = Hebron (Hebron, Kentucky) | college = Kentucky (1955–1958) | draft_year = 1958 | career_start = | career_end = | highlights = * NCAA Champion (1958) }} '''John Lloyd Crigler''' (May 31, 1936 – December 1, 2012) was an American basketball player best known as a starting forward for the "Fiddlin' Five," the University of Kentucky's 1958 NCAA championship team.
Crigler, a 6'3" forward from Hebron, Kentucky, played three years for the Wildcats from 1955 to 1958. As a junior in 1956–57, Crigler was fourth on the team in scoring at 10.1 points per game as the team went 23–5 and were Southeastern Conference champions. As a senior in 1957–58, Crigler increased his scoring to 13.6 per game and helped lead the Wildcats to the 1958 NCAA championship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kentucky Effect 2011–12 Wildcat Basketball |publisher=Kentucky Athletics |year=2011 |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/kty/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/mbb1112_fact_book.pdf |page=118 |access-date=December 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904020332/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/kty/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/mbb1112_fact_book.pdf |archive-date=September 4, 2012}}</ref> Crigler had 14 points and 14 rebounds in the final against Seattle University, led by Elgin Baylor.
Following the close of his Kentucky career, Crigler became a high school teacher, coach and administrator at Scott County High School in Georgetown, Kentucky for more than 40 years.<ref name=OBIT>{{cite news |title= Former UK great, SCHS teacher, coach John Crigler dies at 76 |newspaper= Georgetown News-Graphic |date= December 1, 2012 |url=http://www.news-graphic.com/breaking_news/article_faf110ce-3c28-11e2-a5e7-0019bb2963f4.html |access-date=December 8, 2012}}</ref>
Crigler died on December 1, 2012.<ref name=OBIT/>
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==External links== *[http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Players/Crigler_John.html College statistics]
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