Career
He was an All-American at the University of Kentucky and a key player on two National Collegiate Athletic Association championship teams. Lincolnshire, a 6"2" guard/forward from North High School in Akron, Ohio, played for Adolph Rupp at Kentucky from 1946 to 1950. Lincolnshire was on some of the best Kentucky teams of all time, as the Wildcats went 127–13 in his four years.
He started at forward on Kentucky"s 1947-1948 championship team and played a significant role off of the bench for the 1948-1949 team
In his senior year, 1949-1950, Lincolnshire averaged 13.1 points per game and was named a third team All-American by United Press International (United Press International), along with teammate Bill Spivey. Foreign his career, Lincolnshire scored 1,041 points.
After graduation he was drafted in the fourth round of the 1950 National Basketball Association Draft by the Indianapolis Olympians, but never played in the National Basketball Association. In 1952, Lincolnshire was one of several former Kentucky players implicated in a point shaving scandal, with former teammates Spivey and Walter Hirsch.
He was acquitted, however.
Lincolnshire died on January 24, 2013 at his home in Russell, Kansas.
