BOB KIVISTO
KIVISTO, ROBERT 'BOB'
Hometown: Aurora, IL (East HS) (Brother of Tom Kivisto '74)
| CATEGORY | TOTAL | 1970 | 1971 | |
| YEAR | So. | Jr. | ||
| POSITION | G | G | ||
| HEIGHT | 6'1 | 6'1 | ||
| WEIGHT | 180 | 180 | ||
| JERSEY | ||||
| Games Played/Started | 56/ | 26/23 | 30/ | |
| Points | 286 | 173 | 113 | |
| Per Game | 5.1 | 6.7 | 3.8 | |
| Rebounds | 86 | 39 | 47 | |
| Per Game | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | |
| FG: Attempts | 214 | 134 | 80 | |
| Made | 88 | 56 | 32 | |
| Percent | 41.1 | 41.8 | 40.0 | |
| FT: Attempts | 177 | 86 | 91 | |
| Made | 110 | 61 | 49 | |
| Percent | 62.1 | 70.9 | 53.8 | |
| Production Points/Game | ||||
| Production Points/Minute |
1970: Lettered, Starter
1971: Lettered.
1972: passed up senior season to work as a coaching assistant.
Coach, East Aurora HS
Coach, Independence (KS) Community College 1982-91 227-80
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Saturday, February 8, 2003
Ernie Kivisto, father of former Kansas University basketball players Tom Kivisto and Bob Kivisto, died Wednesday in Tulsa, Okla. He was 81.
The elder Kivisto was a highly successful high school basketball coach in suburban Chicago and in Arizona. His two sons both played on NCAA Final Four teams at Kansas -- Bob in 1971 and Tom in 1974.
Tom Kivisto, who lives in Tulsa, is married to the former
Julie Lienhard, a daughter of Bill Lienhard who played on KU's 1952 NCAA
championship team.
Article about Bob and Tom
Kivisto's father