Ken Griffith
American basketball player
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| Intro | American basketball player | ||
| Places | United States of America | ||
| was | Athlete Basketball player | ||
| Work field | Sports | ||
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| Birth | 31 July 1918, Virginia, USA | ||
| Death | 5 June 2005Rockmart, USA (aged 86 years) | ||
| Star sign | Leo | ||
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Kenneth Lee Griffith (July 31, 1918 – June 5, 2005) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots in the National Basketball League and averaged 1.5 points per game.
Griffith did not play competitive basketball until attending Alderson Broaddus University. In his career he scored 1,941 points and passed legendary Stanford player Hank Luisetti's for a then all-time college basketball career scoring record. Griffith also served in World War II and later worked at Goodyear for close to 40 years.