Kendall Rhine

{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Kendall Rhine | image = Kendall_Rhine_1.jpg | image_size = | caption = Rhine as a junior at Rice | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 230 | birth_date = {{birth date|1943|2|13}} | birth_place = Eldorado, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|3|16|1943|2|13}} | death_place = | high_school = Dupo (Dupo, Illinois) | college = Rice (1961–1964) | draft_year = 1964 | draft_round = 8 | draft_pick = 64 | draft_team = St. Louis Hawks | career_start = | career_end = | career_number = 14, 41, 44 | career_position = Center | years1 = 1967–1968 | team1 = Kentucky Colonels | years2 = 1968–1969 | team2 = Houston Mavericks | highlights = * 2× First-team All-SWC (1963, 1964) * AAU All-American (1966) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|USA}} United States }} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold |1967 Winnipeg |Team Competition}} }} '''Kendall Lee Rhine''' (February 13, 1943 – March 16, 2022<ref name=Legacy>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/kendall-rhine-obituary?id=33698677|title=KEndall Rhine Obituary|website=Legacy.com|date=19 March 2022|accessdate=12 February 2024}}</ref>) was an American basketball player. He played in college for the Rice Owls, then as a professional in the American Basketball Association with the Kentucky Colonels and Houston Mavericks.<ref name=sref>{{cite web|title=Kendall Rhine ABA stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rhineke01.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=14 January 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life and death== He married Gail Luton on January 19, 1968, with whom he had three children; they remained married until his death.

After his basketball playing days, he pursued a career in the propane industry, working with Pyrofax Gas and eventually as vice president of Suburban Propane.<ref name=Legacy/>

Rhine died from cancer on March 16, 2022.<ref name=Legacy/>

==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}

===ABA=== Source<ref name=sref/>

====Regular season==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{abay|1967}} | style="text-align:left;"| Kentucky | 52 || 10.6 || .316 || .000 || .482 || 4.5 || .6 || 2.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{abay|1968}} | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | '''73''' || '''29.0''' || '''.405''' || .000 || '''.562''' || '''11.0''' || '''2.1''' || '''9.0''' |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 125 || 21.3 || .388 || .000 || .548 || 8.3 || 1.4 || 6.3 {{S-end}}

====Playoffs==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !PPG |-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1968 | style="text-align:left;"| Kentucky | 5 || 12.4 || .294 || – || .000 || 3.0 || .8 || 2.0 {{S-end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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