Jake Fendley

{{short description|American basketball player}}

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

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Jake Fendley

| image =

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| position = Guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in =

| weight_lb = 180

| number = 6

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|6|12}}

| birth_place = Danville, Illinois

| nationality = American

| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|08|09|1929|06|12}}

| death_place = Oak Park, Illinois

| high_school = South Shore (Chicago, Illinois)

| college = Northwestern (1948–1951)

| draft_year = 1951

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 23

| draft_team = Fort Wayne Pistons

| career_start = 1951

| career_end = 1953

| years1 = {{nbay|1951|start}}–{{nbay|1952|end}}

| team1 = Fort Wayne Pistons

| highlights =

| bbr = fendlja01

}}

John Phillip "Jake" Fendley (June 12, 1929 – August 9, 2002) was an American basketball player{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-08-13-0208130168-story.html|last=Bush|first=Rudolph|title=John P. "Jake" Fendley, 73|work=The Chicago Tribune|date=2002-08-13|accessdate=2019-04-17}} for the Fort Wayne Pistons of the NBA. He was drafted with the fourth pick in the third round of the 1951 NBA draft. He played two seasons for the Pistons, appearing in 103 career games. In his career, Jake averaged 2.8 points per game, 1.2 rebounds per game and 0.9 assists per game.{{cite web|title=Jake Fendley NBA statistics|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/fendlja01.html|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|accessdate=17 August 2023}}