Chadwick (Chad) Oliver Kinch was an American professional basketball player. He was a 6'4" (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) shooting guard and played collegiately at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte after starring at Perth Amboy High School in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, his place of birth.
He was selected with the 22nd pick in the first round of the 1980 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He spent his only NBA season (1980-81) split between the Cavaliers and the Dallas Mavericks. .
The Cavs traded Kinch, along with a 1985 first round draft choice to the Mavericks in exchange for Geoff Huston and a 1983 third round draft choice on February 7, 1981.
Kinch died of AIDS-related complications in 1994, aged 35, at his home in Carteret, New Jersey.
He is survived by his wife, Kay Cagle-Kinch; a son, Chadwick O. Kinch Jr. of Biscoe, N.C.; his parents, Raymond and Pauline Kinch of Carteret; a sister, Arlene Kinch of Hightstown, N.J., and his grandparents, Felix and Willie Bethel of Carteret.
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He was preceded in death by his older brother, Ray, a Rutgers University Football Letter Winner (1975-76), who died in a house fire in 1978.
He was selected with the 22nd pick in the first round of the 1980 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He spent his only NBA season (1980-81) split between the Cavaliers and the Dallas Mavericks. .
The Cavs traded Kinch, along with a 1985 first round draft choice to the Mavericks in exchange for Geoff Huston and a 1983 third round draft choice on February 7, 1981.
Kinch died of AIDS-related complications in 1994, aged 35, at his home in Carteret, New Jersey.
He is survived by his wife, Kay Cagle-Kinch; a son, Chadwick O. Kinch Jr. of Biscoe, N.C.; his parents, Raymond and Pauline Kinch of Carteret; a sister, Arlene Kinch of Hightstown, N.J., and his grandparents, Felix and Willie Bethel of Carteret.
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He was preceded in death by his older brother, Ray, a Rutgers University Football Letter Winner (1975-76), who died in a house fire in 1978.
Chadwick (Chad) Oliver Kinch was an American professional basketball player. He was a 6'4" (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) shooting guard and played collegiately at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte after starring at Perth Amboy High School in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, his place of birth.
He was selected with the 22nd pick in the first round of the 1980 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He spent his only NBA season (1980-81) split between the Cavaliers and the Dallas Mavericks. .
The Cavs traded Kinch, along with a 1985 first round draft choice to the Mavericks in exchange for Geoff Huston and a 1983 third round draft choice on February 7, 1981.
Kinch died of AIDS-related complications in 1994, aged 35, at his home in Carteret, New Jersey.
He is survived by his wife, Kay Cagle-Kinch; a son, Chadwick O. Kinch Jr. of Biscoe, N.C.; his parents, Raymond and Pauline Kinch of Carteret; a sister, Arlene Kinch of Hightstown, N.J., and his grandparents, Felix and Willie Bethel of Carteret.
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He was preceded in death by his older brother, Ray, a Rutgers University Football Letter Winner (1975-76), who died in a house fire in 1978.
He was selected with the 22nd pick in the first round of the 1980 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He spent his only NBA season (1980-81) split between the Cavaliers and the Dallas Mavericks. .
The Cavs traded Kinch, along with a 1985 first round draft choice to the Mavericks in exchange for Geoff Huston and a 1983 third round draft choice on February 7, 1981.
Kinch died of AIDS-related complications in 1994, aged 35, at his home in Carteret, New Jersey.
He is survived by his wife, Kay Cagle-Kinch; a son, Chadwick O. Kinch Jr. of Biscoe, N.C.; his parents, Raymond and Pauline Kinch of Carteret; a sister, Arlene Kinch of Hightstown, N.J., and his grandparents, Felix and Willie Bethel of Carteret.
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He was preceded in death by his older brother, Ray, a Rutgers University Football Letter Winner (1975-76), who died in a house fire in 1978.
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