Sailors, forgotten star credited with inventing basketball’s jump shot," by Matt Schudel, Washington Post, January 30, 2016 Jump shot Kenny Sailors Papers at the University of Wyoming - American Heritage Center Selection of videos and photographs of Sailors at the AHC Digital Archive Sports, Recreation, and Leisure at the AHC blog 1921 births 2016 deaths All-American college men's basketball players Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players American men's basketball players Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) players Basketball players from Wyoming Boston Celtics players Chicago Stags players Cleveland Rebels players Denver Nuggets (1948–1950) players National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees People from Kimball County, Nebraska People from Laramie, Wyoming Philadelphia Warriors players Point guards Providence Steamrollers players Wyoming Cowboys basketball players Laramie High School (Wyoming) alumni