Grandpa’s Got Game — Ken Mink, 73, Scores in Collegiate Contest
His joints may be a little creaky — and he may not have played competitive ball for 50 years — but 73-year-old college basketball player Ken Mink is on the scoreboard and possibly in the record books.
The retiree, who is a full-time college student at Roane State Community College, came into a game last night against King College’s junior varsity with about 16 minutes left in the second half. He attempted one shot in about three minutes. When Mink entered the game seven minutes later, he was fouled and made two free throws.
“I found myself on the free-throw line 52 years after my last college game,” Mink said. “I said, ‘Just relax and shoot it like you know how to all day long.’ I just floated the shots in there. I’m in the books now. I can relax a little bit.”
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Go Grandpa!