From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Bobby Washington was born in in Lexington, KY. A 5'11" guard, he attended old Dunbar High School in Lexington, where he was an all-state basketball player.

Bobby played his college ball at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) from 1966-1969, one of the first three African American players at the school; the other two were Garfield Smith and Toke Coleman. Washington scored a total of 1,221 points during his college career. He is in the EKU Sports Hall of Fame.

Washington was drafted in 1970 by the Kentucky Colonels, an American Basketball Association (ABA) team, and was then picked up by the Cleveland Cavaliers, for whom he played for two years. Washington played in 118 games and scored 700 points during the three years of his professional career.

He then returned to Kentucky and coached the Bryan Station High School basketball team for 17 years; his teams won more than 300 games and six district titles. He also worked with worked with local youth and community porgrams in Lexington.

For more see Bobby Washington at databaseBasketball.com; M. Fields, "Dunbar days still the best for Washington - '63 finals special to KHSAA Hall inductee," Lexington Herald-Leader, 3/15/2005; and "Bobby 'Poocat' Washington," article on his induction into the 2022 Lexington African American Sports Hall of Fame.