ROANE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S MINK, 73, BECOMES OLDEST PERSON TO PLAY IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAME
October 29, 2008
October 29, 2008
HARRIMAN, Tenn., Oct. 29 -- Roane State Community College issued the following news release:
Ken Mink, 73, became the oldest person to play college basketball Monday night during Roane State Community College's 93-42 season-opening win over King College's junior varsity team.
Mink played about six minutes and scored two points on two free throws.
"I found myself on the free-throw line 52 years after my last college game," Mink said . . .
Ken Mink, 73, became the oldest person to play college basketball Monday night during Roane State Community College's 93-42 season-opening win over King College's junior varsity team.
Mink played about six minutes and scored two points on two free throws.
"I found myself on the free-throw line 52 years after my last college game," Mink said . . .