Orbie Bowling

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1939)}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}

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

{{Infobox NBA biography

| name = Orbie Bowling

| image =

| width =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 215

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|03|31}}

| birth_place = Sandy Hook, Kentucky

| nationality = American

| high_school = Sandy Hook
(Sandy Hook, Kentucky)

| college = Tennessee (1960–1963)

| draft_year = 1963

| draft_round = 11

| draft_pick = 76

| draft_team = New York Knicks

| career_start = 1967

| career_end = 1968

| career_position = Center

| career_number = 52

| years1 = 1967–1968

| team1 = Kentucky Colonels

| highlights =

| bbr = bowento01

}}

Orbie Lee "Orb" Bowling (born March 31, 1939) is a retired American basketball player. A native of Sandy Hook, Kentucky[http://dailyindependent.com/features/x1192765914/Tall-Tales-of-Big-Chief-Bowling Maynard, Mark, Tall Tales of 'Big Chief' Bowling: Rags to riches story for unique character, The Independent, March 2, 2008] he was also known as "Chief." Bowling played collegiate basketball at the University of Tennessee.