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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1936)}}
{{For|other people with similar names|John Cox (disambiguation)}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Johnny Cox
| image           = Johnny Cox.jpeg
| width           = 
| caption         = 
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 4
| weight_lb       = 180
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1936|11|01}}
| birth_place     = [[Fleming-Neon, Kentucky|Neon, Kentucky]], U.S.
| high_school     = [[Hazard High School|Hazard]] ([[Hazard, Kentucky]])
| college         = [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|Kentucky]] (1956–1959)
| draft_year      = 1959
| draft_round     = 4
| draft_pick      = 28
| draft_team      = [[New York Knicks]]
| career_start    = 1960
| career_end      = 1963
| career_number   = 25
| career_position = [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| years1          = 1960
| team1           = [[Cleveland Pipers]]
| years2          = 1961
| team2           = [[Akron Wingfoots|Akron Goodyear Wingfoots]]
| years3          = 1961–1962
| team3           = Cleveland Pipers
| years4          = {{nbay|1962|full=y}}
| team4           = [[Chicago Zephyrs]]
| years5          = 1963–1964
| team5           = Battle Creek Warriors
| years6          = 1964–1965
| team6           = Muskegon Panthers
| highlights      = 
* All-[[American Basketball League (1961–63)|ABL]] Second Team (1962)
* [[List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Champions|NCAA champion]] ([[1958 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1958]])
* Consensus first-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1959 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1959]])
* 2× First-team [[List of All-SEC men's basketball teams|All-SEC]] (1957, 1959)
* Second-team All-SEC (1958)
|stats_league=NBA
| stat1label      = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value      = 573 (7.8 ppg)
| stat2label      = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value      = 280 (3.8 rpg)
| stat3label      = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value      = 142 (1.9 apg)
}}
[[File:Johnny-Cox-jersey.jpg|A jersey honoring Cox hangs in [[Rupp Arena]]|thumb|right]]

'''Johnny W. Cox''' (born November 1, 1936) is a retired American [[basketball]] player.

A 6'4" [[guard (basketball)|guard]] from [[Hazard High School]] in [[Kentucky]], won a state championship in 1955 at Hazard. Cox starred at the [[University of Kentucky]] from 1956 to 1959. He scored 1,461 points in 84 career games and won an [[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship|NCAA championship]] in 1958. His #24 jersey was later retired by the university.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Players/Cox_Johnny.html |title=Johnny Cox |website=BigBlueHistory.net |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212082740/http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Players/Cox_Johnny.html |archivedate=December 12, 2007 |accessdate=January 11, 2008}}</ref>

Cox played one season (1962–63) in the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] as a member of the [[Chicago Zephyrs]]. He averaged 7.8 [[points per game]] in 73 games.<ref name=bbr>{{cite basketball-reference |id=c/coxjo01 |name=Johnny Cox |accessdate=February 25, 2024}}</ref> He also played in the [[American Basketball League (1961–1963)|American Basketball League]].

==Career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

===NBA===
Source<ref name=bbr/>

====Regular season====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! MPG
! FG%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! PPG
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1962}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [[1962–63 Chicago Zephyrs season|Chicago]]
| 73 || 23.1 || .421 || .704 || 3.8 || 1.9 || 7.8
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{1958 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball navbox}}
{{Cleveland Pipers 1961–62 ABL champions}}
{{1959 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans}}

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[[Category:1936 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:All-American college men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players]]
[[Category:American Basketball League (1961–62) players]]
[[Category:American men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Kentucky]]
[[Category:Chicago Zephyrs players]]
[[Category:Cleveland Pipers players]]
[[Category:Guards (basketball)]]
[[Category:Hazard High School alumni]]
[[Category:Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players]]
[[Category:New York Knicks draft picks]]
[[Category:People from Hazard, Kentucky]]
[[Category:People from Letcher County, Kentucky]]


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