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Kinnaird also was a terrific basketball player who transferred from Nebraska Western College, and is one of the few athletes in the Hall of Fame who played for the Eagles just one year.
His short career was not by design. He was sidelined by a serious knee injury early in the 1967-68 season, but made up for lost time the following year when he averaged 24.4 points and 11.6 rebounds. His scoring average ranks third and his rebounding average is fourth on the Eagles’ single season lists.  He shot 54.5 percent from the field and earned all-NAIA District 11 honors during his remarkable season at CSC.
Kinnaird also became a star in educational circles. In 1997, he was selected as the Nevada Principal of the Year by the National Association of Secondary Principals and Met Life Insurance while serving as principal of Advanced Technologies Academy, a $10 million state-of-the-art high school that he helped design in Las Vegas. Later that year, he received the prestigious Milken Foundation Award that included a $25,000 cash prize.  
A native of Jeffersonville, Ind., Kinnaird was appointed by the governor as chairman of the Commission on Educational Technology for Nevada in 1997. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Chadron State in 1999. He is retired and lives in Las Vegas.