Jack Tingle

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Jack Tingle

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| number = 19

| position = Small forward / power forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 205

| stats_league = BAA

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|12|30}}

| birth_place = Bedford, Kentucky, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|1958|09|22|1924|12|30}}

| death_place = Louisville, Kentucky, US

| high_school = Trimble
(Bedford, Kentucky)

| college = Kentucky (1943–1947)

| draft_year = 1947

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 20

| draft_team = Washington Capitols

| career_start = 1947

| career_end = 1949

| years1 = 1947–1948

| team1 = Washington Capitols

| years2 = 1948–1949

| team2 = Minneapolis Lakers

| highlights =

• BAA champion (1949)
• Second-team All-American – True (1947)
• Third-team All-American – SN (1946)

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 91 (2.3 ppg)

| stat2label = Assists

| stat2value = 8 (0.2 apg)

| stat3label = Games played

| stat3value = 39

| bbr = tinglja01

}}

Robert Jackson "Jack" Tingle (December 30, 1924 – September 22, 1958) was an American professional basketball player. He was the first player from Trimble County, Kentucky to go to the University of Kentucky on a scholarship for basketball. He was one of only seven UK players to make the all SEC team four years in a row. After graduation, he played two seasons in the NBA for the Washington Capitols and Minneapolis Lakers.{{cite web |title=Jack Tingle |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/tinglja01.html |website=Basketball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=June 21, 2022}} After his NBA stint he coached basketball at Hiseville High School and was an engraver for the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper.