Jake Ahearn

{{short description|American basketball player}}

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{{confuse|John Ahearn|John F. Ahearn}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Jake Ahearn

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| position = Guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|1|6}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|2|17|1918|1|6}}

| death_place = Farmingdale, New York

| nationality = American

| high_school =

| college = St. John's (1939–1940)

| years1 = 1940–1941

| team1 = Brooklyn Dodgers

| years2 = 1940–1942

| team2 = Detroit Eagles

| years3 = 1941–1942

| team3 = Saratoga Indians

| years4 = 1943–1944

| team4 = Wilmington Blue Bombers

| years5 = 1945–1947

| team5 = Baltimore Bullets

| highlights =

• ABL champion (1946)

}}

John F. Ahearn Jr. (January 6, 1918 – February 17, 1968) was an American professional basketball player.{{cite web| title = Jake Ahearn NBL stats| work =basketball-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| date = | url =https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/a/ahearjo01n.html | accessdate = July 22, 2019}}{{cite web| title = Jake Ahearn | work =Peach Basket Society| publisher =| date = November 17, 2015 | url =https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2015/11/jake-ahern.html | accessdate = July 22, 2019}} He played for the Detroit Eagles in the National Basketball League (NBL) and averaged 5.3 points per game.{{cite web| title = Jake Ahearn Statistics| work = Stats Crew| publisher =| date = | url =https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=ahearja01 | accessdate = July 20, 2019}} He competed in several other leagues as well.

Ahearn is the cousin of Jerry Bush, who coincidentally also played college basketball at St. John's and then in the NBL.