Goo Kennedy

{{Short description|American basketball player (1949–2020)}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Goo Kennedy

| image =

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|8|23}}

| birth_place = Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|12|8|1949|8|23}}

| death_place = Texas

| high_school = West Charlotte
(Charlotte, North Carolina)

| college =

• Fort Worth CC (1968–1970)
• TCU (1970–1971)

| draft_year = 1971

| draft_round = 9

| draft_pick = 139

| draft_team = Portland Trail Blazers

| career_start = 1971

| career_end = 1978

| career_number = 50, 55, 44, 30

| career_position = Power forward / center

| years1 = 1971–1974

| team1 = Dallas Chaparrals / San Antonio Spurs

| years2 = 1974–1975

| team2 = Spirits of St. Louis

| years3 = 1975

| team3 = Utah Stars

| years4 = {{nbay|1976|full=y}}

| team4 = Houston Rockets

| highlights =

• SWC Player of the Year (1971)
• First-team All-SWC (1971)

| stats_league = ABA and NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 2,739 (8.2 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 1,866 (5.6 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 299 (0.9 apg)

| bbr = kennego01

}}

Eugene "Goo" Kennedy (August 23, 1949{{spnd}}December 8, 2020) was an American professional basketball player.

A 6'7" forward/center, Kennedy played one season (1970–71) of college basketball at Texas Christian University, and was named the Southwest Conference Player of the Year after leading the TCU Horned Frogs to the conference championship. He averaged 16.6 rebounds per game that season, with a high of 28 versus the University of Arkansas.[http://gofrogs.cstv.com/genrel/090403aaa.html TCU Lettermen's Hall of Fame Banquet Set For Friday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130140120/http://gofrogs.cstv.com/genrel/090403aaa.html |date=2008-01-30 }}. TCU Athletics. 4 September 2003. Retrieved on 20 September 2009.

After college, Kennedy played four seasons in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Dallas Chaparrals/San Antonio Spurs, Spirits of St. Louis, and Utah Stars. He then played one season in the National Basketball Association with the Houston Rockets. He averaged 8.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game during his professional career.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kennego01.html Goo Kennedy statistics]. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on September 20, 2009.

Kennedy and his wife, Mary, raised over forty foster children over the years.

Kennedy died at age 71 on 8 December 2020, according to his daughter Eugenia. The cause of death was not immediately known.{{cite news|url=https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article247698840.html|title=Eugene 'Goo' Kennedy, former TCU basketball great and pro player, dies at age 71|publisher=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|date=December 8, 2020|access-date=December 8, 2020 |last1=Davison|first1=Drew}}