Howard Edgar Bayne (July 28, 1942 – May 14, 2018) was an American basketball player.
University of Tennessee At 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) and 230 pounds (104 kg), Bayne played as a power forward for the University of Tennessee under coach Ray Mears. He was nicknamed the "Chairman of the Boards" for his rebounding ability and was selected to the All-Southeastern Conference team during his college career.
In The Basketball Vols, Mears described Bayne as one of the most intimidating players on his teams.
Professional basketball He was selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the 15th round (107th pick overall) of the 1966 NBA draft.
He played for the Kentucky Colonels (1967–68) in the American Basketball Association for 69 games. As a Colonel, Bayne was known as an "enforcer skilled primarily at fouling the opposition".Strohmaier, James, Kentucky Colonels Basketball, The Encyclopedia of Louisville, John E. Kleber, ed., Lexington, Ky.: The University Press of Kentucky, 2001, p. 466 ()Howard Bayne, fiercely competitive post player for Tennessee Vols, dies at 75Chairman of the boards is gone
Career statistics
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Regular season {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Kentucky | 69 || 17.1 || .360 || .143 || .538 || 6.6 || 1.0 || 4.9
Playoffs {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1968 | style="text-align:left;"| Kentucky | 5 || 17.0 || .158 || .000 || .545 || 4.6 || 1.0 || 2.4
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