Luther Green
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | New York City, New York | November 13, 1946
Died | January 25, 2006 Brooklyn, New York | (aged 59)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | DeWitt Clinton (The Bronx, New York) |
College | LIU Brooklyn (1966–1969) |
NBA draft | 1969: 3rd round, 41st overall pick |
Selected by the Cincinnati Royals | |
Playing career | 1969–1979 |
Position | Small forward |
Number | 27, 14, 25 |
Career history | |
1969–1971 | New York Nets |
1972–1973 | Philadelphia 76ers |
1973–1974 | Hartford Capitols |
1975–1976 | Long Island Sounds |
1976–1977 | Wilkes-Barre Barons |
1977–1978 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
1978–1979 | Wilkes-Barre Barons |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Luther Green (November 13, 1946 – January 25, 2006) was an American basketball player.
Born in New York City, Green played college basketball at Long Island University and was selected by the Cincinnati Royals in the third round of the 1969 NBA draft and by the Miami Floridians in the 1969 ABA Draft.
Green played for the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association for two seasons. From 1971 to 1972 he played for the Harlem Wizards, and he played briefly for the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers during the 1972–73 NBA season.
Green died of lung cancer at the age of 59.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Former Net, Sixer Green dies of lung cancer". ESPN.com. January 26, 2006. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Career stats at basketball-reference.com
Categories:
- 1946 births
- 2006 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from New York City
- Cincinnati Royals draft picks
- Deaths from lung cancer in New York (state)
- DeWitt Clinton High School alumni
- Hartford Capitols players
- LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball players
- Miami Floridians draft picks
- New York Nets players
- Philadelphia 76ers players
- Small forwards
- Wilkes-Barre Barons players
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1940s birth stubs