Thomas "Toby" Kimball is a retired American professional basketball

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 player.

As 6'8" power forward

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/center

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 at the University of Connecticut

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, Kimball averaged 18.4 points and 17.9 rebounds over three seasons. He played in the NBA from 1966 to 1975 as a member of the Boston Celtics

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, San Diego Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks

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, Kansas City Kings

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, Philadelphia 76ers

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 and New Orleans Jazz

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. Kimball averaged 6.1 points and 6.8 rebounds over his NBA career. His best season was his second, in which he averaged a double double (11.0 points and 11.7 rebounds).

Kimball was inducted into the University of Connecticut's "Huskies of Honor" in 2006.