Education
Phillips Academy.
Phillips Academy.
He was a two-time Helms Athletic Foundation All-American (1905, 1907) and was named their national player of the year as a senior in 1906-1907. That year, he led the Yale Bulldogs to their first-ever Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League season championship title, and was the league"s leading scorer at 10.1 points per game. Kinney also played for Yale"s baseball team
Gilmore Kinney was also the older brother of Orson Kinney, another Yale basketball star who was an All-American in 1916-1917.