James Line is a retired American

United States

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 basketball

Basketball

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 player. He was an All-American

NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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 at the University of Kentucky

Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball

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 and a key player on two NCAA championship

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

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 teams.

Line, a 6'2" guard/forward from North High School

North High School (Akron, Ohio)

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 in Akron, Ohio

Akron, Ohio

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, played for Adolph Rupp

Adolph Rupp

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 at Kentucky fom 1946 to 1950. Line was on some of the best Kentucky teams of all time, as the Wildcats went 127–13 in his four years. He started at forward on Kentucky's 1947–48 championship team and played a significant role off of the bench for the 1948–49 team. In his senior year, 1949–50, Line averaged 13.1 points per game and was named a third team All-American by United Press International

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 (UPI), along with teammate Bill Spivey

Bill Spivey

William "Bill" Spivey was an American basketball player. A center, he played college basketball for the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Kentucky Wildcats from 1949 to 1951. After his high school career, Spivey was recruited to the University of Kentucky...

. For his career, Line scored 1,041 points.

After graduation he was drafted in the fourth round of the 1950 NBA Draft

1950 NBA Draft

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 by the Indianapolis Olympians

Indianapolis Olympians

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, but never played in the National Basketball Association

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.

In 1952, Line was one of several former Kentucky players implicated in a point shaving scandal

CCNY Point Shaving Scandal

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, with former teammates Spivey and Walt Hirsch. He was acquitted, however.