KennySailorswasabasketballstar,andtheinventorofthejumpshot.HeattendedtheUniversityofWyomingandwasMVPin1943incollegeAAbasketball.AfterWWII,hespentfiveyearsasanearlyplayerinthenewNBA.Asayoungster,Kennywasfive-foot-sevenbuthisolderbrotherwassix-foot-twosowhenplayingbasketball,Kennyhadtojumpupoverhisbrothertogetoffashot.Thatishowthejumpshotwasborn,andKennyuseditincollegeandprofessionalbasketball.HeplayedinDenverandseveralothercitieswhoseteamnameshavenowchanged,buthealsoplayedfortheBostonCelticswithBobCousy.AfterhelefttheNBA,hemovedtoAlaskaandin1965settledintheGlennallenarea,wherehewasafishingandhuntingguideintheWrangleMountainsforthirty-fiveyears.KennySailorspassedawayJanuary2016shortlyafterhis95thbirthday.
