1963-67 High School

Dave Kingman: 1963 - 1967
Prospect Knights

Prospect Knights Basketball, 1967

NOTE: * Denotes Team Leader

Pictured:
Newspaper photo from 1967

Notes:

Dave Lettered in Basketball in each of his four years at Prospect High.
Dave was a starting Center and Forward; wore #22 (white jersey) and #23 (color jersey).
Won 1967 All-Area Basketball Team honors [March 1967 Prospect Day excerpt]
Named to Prospect Day's 1967 All-Star Basketball First Team [March 10, 1967 Prospect Day excerpt]

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Prospect Knights Baseball, 1967

NOTE: ( ) Denotes in Conference
NOTE: * Denotes Team Leader
Pictured: Newspaper photo from 1966

Dave Lettered in Baseball in each of his four years at Prospect High.
Wore #24 for the Prospect Knights.
Pre-season Outlook [April 1, 1967 Prospect Day excerpt]
Kingman No-Hits Niles North [April 7, 1967 Prospect Day article]
8 K's, 1 Hit in 4-innings [April 12, 1967 Prospect Day excerpt]
Named Athlete of the Week [April 13, 1967 Prospect Day]
5 IP, 12 K's, 0 H vs. St. Viator [April 17, 1967 Prospect Day excerpt]
13-Inning Drama vs. St. Viator [May 15, 1970 Prospect Day excerpt]
Kingman's Bat Booms for 3 HRs in final prep game [May 27, 1967 Prospect Day article]
Remembering Dave's 500+-ft. Homer in High School [June 2, 1972 Daily Herald article]
Set the following single-season records: Total Bases, Home Runs, Wins, Single-Game Strikeouts (15), Season Strikeouts (121)
Named to 1966 & 67 Mid-Suburban League All-Star Team
Named to 1966 & 67 Chicago Tribune Prep Baseball All-Star Team
Ranked among the top 12 candidates in the country for the baseball draft by The Sporting News.
Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in 1967, but declined to sign.
Second round draft pick of the California Angels in 1968, declined a $50,000 offer to sign.
Drafted again by the Baltimore Orioles in a special-phase draft in 1968, but again declined.

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Dave was a Wide Receiver and Safety (#86) on the Varsity football team in his junior year.