73 year old college basketball player
Ken Mink, of Roane State Junior College in East Tennessee is 73 years old.
And, he’s on the basketball team:
Ken Mink may be the first guy who can qualify for a senior discount during his senior season.
Mink, 73, is a 6-foot, 190-pound newcomer to the Roane State (Tenn.) junior college basketball team about 35 miles west of Knoxville.
He’s likely the oldest person to ever play college hoops. To put Mink in perspective, Utah State’s Gary Wilkinson will be among the oldest Division I players this season; he just turned 26.
I think it’s great, no matter what the debaters about it say. It also says a lot about the Roane State staff and team.
CA’NT BELEIVE THE NEGATIVE BLOGS ABOUT THIS GUY. I KNOW KEN VERY WELL, I SHOULD , HE’S MY STEP FATHER. THIS IS NOT A PUBLICITY STUNT HE JUST WANTS TO PLAY BALL, AND HE CAN. I’M 46 AND HE CAN RUN ME OFF THE COURT NO PROBLEM. WE BEING HIS FAMILY ARE ALL EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF HIS DESIRE TO BE ACTIVE ALL THE TIME NOT JUST BASKETBALL BUT SKIING AND GOLF. SHOOTS HIGH 70S LOW 80S MOST OF THE TIME. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIM AND OUR SUPPORT FOR WHAT HE CAN DO IT’S AMAZING.