Dale Barnstable
{{Short description|American basketball player (1925–2019)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Dale Barnstable
| image = Dale_Barnstable.jpg
| caption = Barnstable from the 1948 Kentuckian
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lbs = 175
| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|3|4}}
| birth_place = Antioch, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|1|26|1925|3|4}}
| death_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
| highschool = Antioch (Antioch, Illinois)
| college = Kentucky (1946–1950)
| draft_round = 7
| draft_pick = 73
| draft_year = 1950
| draft_team = Boston Celtics
| career_start =
| career_end =
| career_number = 18
| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward
| highlights =
- 2× NCAA champion (1948, 1949)
- Third-team All-SEC (1949)
}}
Dale Barnstable (March 4, 1925 – January 26, 2019) was an American basketball player from Antioch, Illinois who was banned for life from the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1951 for point shaving during his college career at the University of Kentucky.
Early life
Barnstable was born in Antioch, Illinois. Barnstable attended the Antioch Community High School, where he anchored his athletic career.
College career
After high school, he was recruited by the University of Kentucky where he played for Hall of Fame coach Adolph Rupp at the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball from 1946 to 1950. While there, Barnstable was a key player on Rupp's first two championship teams in 1948 and 1949. Barnstable was a starter on the 1949 team, earning third team All-Southeastern Conference honors that season.[http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/m-baskbl-2010-11-factbook.html 2010–11 Kentucky men's basketball media guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414223509/http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/m-baskbl-2010-11-factbook.html |date=April 14, 2012 }}, accessed October 4, 2011 For his Wildcat career, Barnstable scored 635 points (4.9 per game).[http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Players/Barnstable_Dale.html Dale Barnstable profile at Bigbluehistory.com], accessed October 4, 2011
Professional career
= Boston Celtics (1950–1951) =
Towards the end of his college career, Barnstable was drafted in the seventh round of the 1950 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics.
= CCNY point shaving scandal =
In 1951 Barnstable became a key figure in a point shaving scandal – In the wake of an increasing number of point shaving schemes coming to light throughout the year, on October 20 Barnstable was arrested along with teammates Ralph Beard and Alex Groza for allegedly taking $500 to shave points in a National Invitation Tournament game in 1949. Although his sentence was suspended, as a result of the affair he lost his first post-graduation job as a high school coach at duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky, and was banned for life from the NBA by NBA president Maurice Podoloff.[https://www.espn.com/classic/s/basketball_scandals_explosion.html Explosion: 1951 scandals threaten college hoops], accessed October 4, 2011{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6YpaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ME8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6042,5820405&dq=dale+barnstable&hl=en|title=Ex-Kentucky stars enter guilty pleas to cage fix charge|accessdate=October 4, 2011|date=February 27, 1952|publisher=St. Petersburg Times}}
Personal life
After losing his high school coaching job, Barnstable worked at American Air Filter in Louisville as a salesman until retirement.{{cite web|title=duPont Manual High School Alumni Association Hall of Fame, A through C|url=http://www.manualalumni.org/a-c.htm|website=duPont Manual Magnet High School Alumni Association|accessdate=March 29, 2015|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190647/http://www.manualalumni.org/a-c.htm|url-status=dead}} In the meantime, he became a talented golfer, winning the Kentucky Senior Open twice and playing in The Senior Open Championship (the first Kentucky amateur to do so).{{cite news|last1=Tipton|first1=Jerry|title=UK basketball notebook: Dale Barnstable, 90, talks about how Cats' championship tradition began|url=http://www.kentucky.com/2015/02/28/3719876/uk-basketball-notebook-dale-barnstable.html|accessdate=March 29, 2015|work=Lexington Herald-Leader|date=February 28, 2015}} As a result, Kentucky state golfers in their 60's are eligible for the Dale Barnstable Award awarded to the best amateur golfer in the state.
Barnstable was the father of identical twin actresses, Priscilla "Cyb" and Patricia Barnstable, known for their roles in the television series Quark.[http://hazardkentucky.com/special/barnstable.htm Barnstable Twins], accessed October 4, 2011
Barnstable died on January 26, 2019, aged 93.{{cite news|last1=Tipton|first1=Jerry|title=Former UK basketball player, World War II vet Dale Barnstable dies|url=https://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/kentucky-sports/uk-basketball-men/article225138240.html|accessdate=January 27, 2019|work=Lexington Herald-Leader|date=January 26, 2019}}
References
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{{1948 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball navbox}}
{{1949 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball navbox}}
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Category:American men's basketball players
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Category:Boston Celtics draft picks
Category:High school basketball coaches in Kentucky
Category:Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players
Category:People from Antioch, Illinois