Jay Arnette

{{short description|American basketball player (born 1938)}}

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

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Jay Arnette

| image_size = 260px

| image = Jay Arnette 1960.jpg

| caption = Arnette with mother in 1960

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 175

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|12|19}}

| birth_place = Austin, Texas, U.S.

| high_school = McCallum (Austin, Texas)

| college = Texas (1957–1960)

| draft_year = 1960

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 9

| draft_team = Cincinnati Royals

| career_start = 1963

| career_end = 1965

| career_number = 21

| career_position = Point guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1963|start}}–{{nbay|1965|start}}

| team1 = Cincinnati Royals

| highlights =

• SWC Player of the Year (1960)
• First-team All-SWC (1960)

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 424 (3.7 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 116 (1.0 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 139 (1.2 apg)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's basketball }}

{{MedalCountry | {{bk|USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1960 Rome | Team competition }}

}}

Jay Hoyland Arnette (born December 19, 1938{{cite web |title=Jay Arnette |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/arnetja01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=June 7, 2015}}) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns.{{Cite web |title=Jay Arnette (1973) - Hall of Honor |url=https://texaslonghorns.com/honors/hall-of-honor/jay-arnette/520 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=University of Texas Athletics |language=en}} Arnette played professionally for the Cincinnati Royals of the NBA from 1963 to 1965.

A 6'2" guard born in Austin, Texas and from Austin's University of Texas, Arnette competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal with the United States men's national basketball team.{{Cite web |title=2014-15 Texas Basketball Fact Book |url=https://texaslonghorns.com/documents/2014/11/12/2014_15_Texas_Basketball_Fact_Book.pdf |access-date=May 2, 2015 |work=texassports.com |page=}}{{Cite web |title=1960 U.S. Olympic basketball team roster |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/2010/08/07/1960-us-olympic-basketball-team-roster/61221908007/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=The Oklahoman |language=en-US}}From 1963 to 1965, he played in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Cincinnati Royals,{{Cite web |title=Jay Arnette {{!}} Guard {{!}} Cincinnati Royals {{!}} NBA.com |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76063/career |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=www.nba.com |language=en}} averaging 3.7 points per game. In 2010, the 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team on which Arnette played was collectively inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=BCD alum to be inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame |url=http://news.tamhsc.edu/?post=baylor-college-of-dentistry-graduate-to-be-inducted-into-basketball-hall-of-fame |website=tamhsc.edu |access-date=June 7, 2015}}

While playing basketball Arnette attended a dental school at Baylor College of Dentistry. He later obtained licenses in dentistry and pharmacy, but practiced orthodontics in Austin, Texas.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110136/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/jay-arnette-1.html Jay Arnette]. sports-reference.com