RIP Toby Kimball

[Matrim55]

Before my time, but a contemporary of my dad who used to rave about him. Rest in peace, Toby.

 

[lavuuk153]

RIP

 

[Huskybass]

Sad news. The passing of a UConn legend and NBA player. Remarkable player, averaged 18 and 18 over his 3 year UConn career.

 

[uconnbill]

One of the greatest early Huskies. May he RIP

 

[Waquoit]

Toby had one of the biggest fan clubs when he was in the NBA. I remember when his sweats were stolen and held for ransom. IIRC, the price was a couple of tickets to an upcoming game and the drop was in the frozen food section of a local supermarket.

 

[JimHurley]

RIP Toby

 

[eireman]

Lots of memories......proud of him being drafted by the celts......the elbows........the st joe's game where he dominated the the3rd ranked team for most of the game

 

[gtcam]

Was my first real UConn hero - loved to sit with my father and Walt Dropo (fraternity brother and baseball teammate of my Dad's) in the old fieldhouse. Walt intro'd me to Toby and I still have a program and pennant he signed for me. Just loved the guy. RIP Toby - thanks for the golden memories

 

[EastConn'er]

Very sad! Great player for UConn.

 

[gampelcrazies]

RIP

 

[tcf15]

RIP Toby

Here he is talking about committing to UConn (starts around 3:00):

 

[tcf15]

A little bit more on him here, including highlights:

 

[Matrim55]

RIP Toby

Here he is talking about committing to UConn (starts around 3:00):

Dude, you're amazing. Thanks for working so hard to preserve our school's athletic history – it means so much to so many of us to have these memories available at the touch of a button.

 

[huskyharry]

My favorite husky at an early age, although the first time that I saw him play may have been an Alumni versus NY Giants game.

We could definitely use a player like he was in his prime on next year's team!

 

[JWILLDADDY101]

Re-living memories of the first great UCONN teams I ever saw from the sixties.....Wonderful Wes Bialosuknia , Tom Penders, and Center....Toby Kimball.
RIP Toby.

 

[3rdbass]

Rip toby!

 

[ctchamps]

RIP Toby.

 

[Danzz]

Toby was the first UConn star that I remember. I recall listening to the Duke loss in my dorm my freshman year of college. Great player. RIP.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I wish I knew how to post a picture of his autograph that I obtained from him at a game at the Field House. One of my early sports heroes.

 

[cohenzone]

He was 2 years ahead of me. Freshman didn't play varsity then. He only played one year with Wes Bialosuknia. They were 23-2, probably our best team until the modern era. Toby was Jeff Adrien with 3-4 more inches, sharp elbows and a nice short hook shot. He took no prisoners. Not sure if he still holds the NCAA tournament record, but in that 23-2 team's horrible tourney draw where they had to play a great St. Joe's team at the Palestra, they lost but Toby stole the show with something like 29 rebounds.

Sad for me to know that the two best Husky players in my 4 years, Toby and Wes, are both gone. Two all time great players. I actually have a Toby card from his NBA days. RIP.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[temery]

https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/download/?id=10722201

 

[willie99]

Sad day, too young, RIP

 

[mauconnfan]

Sad news, Great Husky.

RIP Toby Kimball