Jack Kerris

{{short description|American basketball player}}

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

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Jack Kerris

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 215

| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|1|30}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|12|4|1925|1|30}}

| death_place =

| nationality = American

| high_school = De La Salle Institute
(Chicago, Illinois)

| college = Loyola Chicago (1945–1949)

| draft_league = BAA

| draft_year = 1949

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 9

| draft_team = Chicago Stags

| career_start = 1949

| career_end = 1953

| career_number = 12, 15, 12

| career_position = Power forward

| years1 = {{nbay|1949|start}}

| team1 = Tri-Cities Blackhawks

| years2 = {{nbay|1949|start}}–{{nbay|1952|end}}

| team2 = Fort Wayne Pistons

| years3 = {{nbay|1952|end}}

| team3 = Baltimore Bullets

| highlights =

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 2,057 (7.6 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 1,286 (6.3 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 667 (2.5 apg)

}}

John Edward Kerris (January 30, 1925 – December 4, 1983) was an American professional basketball player. Kerris played college basketball for Loyola of Chicago and was the ninth overall pick in the 1949 BAA draft by the Chicago Stags. He played for the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Fort Wayne Pistons and Baltimore Bullets in his four-year career.