1. Kenneth Arnold Booker was born on November 20,1948 and is an American former professional basketball player.
23 Facts About Kenny Booker
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Kenny Booker played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins from 1969 to 1971, winning a national championship in each of his two seasons of play.
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Kenny Booker was an all-conference player for the Vikings, and was later inducted into their Hall of Champions.
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Kenny Booker transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was a defensive specialist.
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Kenny Booker was a key reserve player in his first year of play.
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Kenny Booker moved to the guard position and became a starter as a senior, when he won his second national title with the Bruins, part of a run of seven consecutive championships by UCLA coach John Wooden.
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Kenny Booker later became a realtor, and has been a high school basketball official for over 30 years.
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Kenny Booker grew up in Long Beach, California, and went to high school at Long Beach Polytechnic, where he won two California Interscholastic Federation basketball championships.
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Kenny Booker was named to All-Southern California Board of Basketball all-star team as a center in 1966.
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Kenny Booker went to Long Beach City College for two years, and changed to playing forward.
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Kenny Booker received honorable mention for the All-Metropolitan Conference team that year, before being named to the second team in 1968.
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Kenny Booker was inducted into the Vikings Hall of Champions in 2006.
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Kenny Booker's play earned him a full scholarship to play for Coach John Wooden at UCLA.
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Petrie had scored 26 points in 28 minutes before Kenny Booker entered the game and held him to two free throws in the final 12 minutes.
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Kenny Booker played significant minutes late in the season and was a top reserve.
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Kenny Booker was the lone new starter from the 1970 championship team, getting the nod over Andy Hill and Terry Schofield.
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Kenny Booker began the game defending the Fighting Irish's Austin Carr, who finished the game with 46 points, but Wooden then used Schofield and Larry Hollyfield instead.
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However, Wooden absolved Kenny Booker, declaring that he never received the help from the inside that was expected.
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Kenny Booker scored 14 points in the game, making seven of 10 field goals.
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Kenny Booker tried out with Phoenix, surviving multiple cuts before being released in September 1971.
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Kenny Booker coached the school for one season before quitting, leading them to a Del Rey League championship in 1972 as well as their second-straight CIF 4-A title; it was the school's fourth-straight CIF championship at any level.
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In 1988, Kenny Booker became a realtor in Long Beach with Coldwell Banker.
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Kenny Booker was named Referee of the Year by the Orange County Sports Association in 2009, and he has officiated high school volleyball matches as well.