William J. "Bill" Kinner (June 13, 1914 – July 5, 1997) was an American

United States

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 basketball player who starred at the University of Utah

University of Utah

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 in the 1930s. He was a center

Center (basketball)

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 who played between 1931–32 and 1935–36. Kinner was selected to the All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

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 all four seasons, and he scored over 1,000 career points for the Utes

Utah Utes men's basketball

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. As a junior

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 in 1934–35, Converse named him to their All-America

NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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 Third Team, and as a senior

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 the following year, Kinner was voted as a consensus All-American

1936 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The Consensus 1936 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of three major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Helms Athletic Foundation, Converse and College Humor Magazine.-1936...

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In 1997, Kinner was inducted into the University of Utah Athletics Hall of Fame. Then in 2008, fans voted him as one of the best 16 players in school history, which honored him as part of Utah's "All-Century" team.