Jack Harvey (basketball)

{{Short description|American basketball player (1918–1981)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Jack Harvey

| position = Forward / center

| number = 3

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 170

| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|08|06}}

| birth_place = Marysville, Kansas

| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|11|21|1918|8|6}}

| death_place = Fort Collins, Colorado

| nationality = American

| highschool = Frankfort (Frankfort, Kansas)

| college = Colorado (1937–1940)

| career_start =

| career_end =

| highlights =

• Consensus second-team All-American (1940)

}}

Jack Arthur Harvey (August 6, 1918 – November 21, 1981) was an All-American basketball forward/center at the University of Colorado from 1937 to 1940. As a senior in 1939–40, Harvey became the first Buffaloes basketball player to earn a Consensus All-American distinction when he garnered a Second Team accolade. He had also been recognized as a First Team All-American in 1939, although he was not a consensus selection. Harvey led the Buffaloes to two conference championships and a trip to the NCAA tournament his senior season. During his junior and senior years, Colorado posted a 31–8 record and spent some time as the #1 team in the country.

No records of Harvey's scoring and rebounding statistics have ever been found. He was known as a tenacious defender, however, which is probably a leading cause for his All-American distinction in 1939 and 1940.

In 1942, Harvey helped lead the Denver American Legion of the AAU to a national championship by defeating the Phillips 66ers 45–32.

Harvey died on November 21, 1981, at age 63.{{cite news|title= Jack Harvey rites held in Colorado |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50573531/the-marysville-advocate/ |newspaper=The Marysville Advocate|date=December 3, 1981|page=6|via =Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 9, 2020}} {{Open access}}