1. Charles Francis "Cotton" Nash was an American professional basketball and baseball player.
19 Facts About Cotton Nash
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Cotton Nash played as a forward in the National Basketball Association for the Los Angeles Lakers and San Francisco Warriors, and in the American Basketball Association for the Kentucky Colonels.
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Cotton Nash was an outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins.
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Cotton Nash's uncle gave him the nickname "Cotton-top" because he was towheaded.
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The family moved to Indiana when Cotton Nash was 11 years old, and Cotton Nash picked up basketball.
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Cotton Nash's father was transferred to work in Orange, Texas, and he settled the family in Lake Charles, Louisiana, because the state had more lenient rules on high school sports transfers.
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Cotton Nash attended Lake Charles High School from 1958 to 1960.
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Cotton Nash attended the University of Kentucky, where he played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team.
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Cotton Nash was named to the All-Southeastern Conference three times and was a first-team All-American in 1964.
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Cotton Nash participated in the United States Olympic Trials for the 1964 Summer Olympics, and was selected as an alternate.
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Cotton Nash played for the Lakers until February 1,1965, when the Lakers acquired Bill McGill and waived Nash.
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Cotton Nash averaged 8.5 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game, and 1.2 assists per game.
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In May 1964, Cotton Nash signed with the Los Angeles Angels and made his professional baseball debut with the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League.
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Cotton Nash played for the Columbus Jets in the International League that year.
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Cotton Nash refused to report to the Tucson Toros, and the White Sox traded him to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later.
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Late in the 1969 season, the Twins asked Cotton Nash to come to spring training as a pitcher in 1970.
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Cotton Nash played for the Evansville Triplets in 1970, earning another promotion to the major leagues that September.
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In 1993, Cotton Nash was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Cotton Nash was hospitalized at Baptist Health Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, and died on May 23,2023, aged 80, after suffering from ill health since the previous November.