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Jerald B. "Jerry" Harkness (born May 7, 1940) is an American former professional basketball player. He played for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association (ABA). Harkness attended Loyola University Chicago, where he was captain of the team that won the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. He is a civil rights activist. ==Early life and career== Harkness was born in Harlem. Before playing in the professional leagues, the 6'3" Harkness was a star at DeWitt Clinton High School and Loyola University Chicago.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Jerry Harkness )〕 At Loyola, he served as captain of the team that upset the University of Cincinnati in overtime to win the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Harkness and the other four Loyola starters played the entire game, without substitution. From that same tournament, a 111-42 first-round victory over Tennessee Tech on March 11, 1963 by Harkness and the Ramblers remains the largest margin of victory (69 points) in an NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament game. He then moved on to the professional leagues, after being drafted by the Drafted by the New York Knicks in the 2nd round (10th pick overall) of the 1963 NBA Draft. Harknes played one season (1963–64) with the NBA's New York Knicks. He then played two seasons (1967–1969) with the ABA's Indiana Pacers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jerry Harkness publisher= databaseBasketball )〕 Though his professional career was relatively short, he left his mark in the record books on November 13, 1967, when he hit a -long game-winning buzzer beater to lead the Pacers past the Dallas Chaparrals. This is still the longest shot ever made in any American professional basketball game. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jerry Harkness」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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