Carl Kilpatrick

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Carl Kilpatrick

| image =

| width =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 230

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|05|16}}

| birth_place = Bastrop, Louisiana, U.S.

| high_school = Bastrop (Bastrop, Louisiana)

| college =

• Kilgore College (1974–1975)
• Louisiana–Monroe (1975–1978)

| draft_year = 1978

| draft_round = 8

| draft_pick = 158

| draft_team = New Orleans Jazz

| career_start =

| career_end =

| career_number = 51

| career_position = Center

| years1 = 1978–1979

| team1 = Montana Sky

| years2 = {{nbay|1979|full=y}}

| team2 = Utah Jazz

| years3 = 1980–1981

| team3 = Tampereen Pyrintö

| highlights =

}}

Carl Kilpatrick (born May 16, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'10" center, he attended Northeast Louisiana University (now the University of Louisiana at Monroe){{cite news |author1=Joel Bierig |title=Kilpatrick's a hero now |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108339676/kilpatricks-a-hero-now/ |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=The Shreveport Journal |date=16 January 1976 |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} and was selected by the New Orleans Jazz with the sixth pick in the eighth round of the 1978 NBA draft.{{cite news |title=Big Indian hits stride |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108340729/big-indian-hits-stride/ |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=The Times of Northwest Indiana |date=16 December 1977 |page=42 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} During the summer, he averaged 18.5 points and 14 rebounds in the New Orleans Summer Professional League. He was cut by the Jazz before the start of the season and later signed with Montana Sky of the Western Basketball Association.{{cite news |title=Sky signs big forward who was cut by Jazz |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108340369/sky-signs-big-forward-who-was-cut-by/ |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=Great Falls Tribune |date=11 October 1978 |page=18 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}{{cite news |title=Weather affecting Sky as well as their fans |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108340447/weather-affecting-sky-as-well-as-their/ |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=Great Falls Tribune |date=19 November 1978 |page=23 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} In September 1979, he signed with the Jazz.{{cite news |title=Transactions |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/783071567 |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=The Chapel Hill News |date=13 September 1979 |page=3B |quote=Utah – Signed free agent center forward Carl Kilpatrick; [...] |via=Newspapers.com}} {{closed access}} He spent the majority of the season on the injury list, appearing in two games at the end of the season.

In the 1980–1981 season, Kilpatrick played 22 games for Tampereen Pyrintö of Finland. The team went to the SM-sarja finals, where they lost to Torpan Pojat and gained silver medals.{{Cite web|url=http://www.baskethotel.com/fba/fi/carl-kilpatrick|title=Genius Sports|access-date=2012-12-28|archive-date=2014-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114415/http://www.baskethotel.com/fba/fi/carl-kilpatrick|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://yle.fi/urheilu/vuolle_muistelee_sm-finaalisarja_topo_-_pyrinto_1981/5557311 |title=Vuolle muistelee: SM-finaalisarja ToPo - Pyrintö 1981 | Yle Urheilu | yle.fi |accessdate=2012-12-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028061324/http://yle.fi/urheilu/vuolle_muistelee_sm-finaalisarja_topo_-_pyrinto_1981/5557311 |archivedate=2014-10-28 }}

Kilpatrick's son Austin played for the Idaho State University Bengals men's basketball team.[http://isubengals.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/042606aab.html Austin Kilpatrick Signs with ISU Men's Basketball] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618024812/http://isubengals.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/042606aab.html |date=2006-06-18 }} – published April 26, 2006