Gene Short
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Personal information | |
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Born | Macon, Mississippi |
August 7, 1953
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Houston, Texas |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Blair (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
College | Jackson State (1972–1975) |
NBA draft | 1975 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall |
Selected by the New York Knicks | |
Playing career | 1975–1976 |
Position | Small forward |
Number | 20 |
Career history | |
1975 | Seattle SuperSonics |
1975–1976 | New York Knicks |
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Eugene "Gene" Short (August 7, 1953 – March 16, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. He was a 6'6" 200 lb small forward and attended Jackson State University.[1]
Short was selected 9th overall by the NBA's New York Knicks in the 1975 NBA Draft. In the previous year he was selected by the American Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs in the fifth round of the 1974 ABA Draft.
He played for the US national team in the 1974 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.[2]
He played for the Seattle SuperSonics and New York Knicks (1975–76) in the NBA for 34 games.
Eugene was the older brother of Purvis Short, another onetime NBA player.[3]
References
- ↑ Former NBA player and Hattiesburg High graduate passes away
- ↑ 1974 USA Basketball
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.com
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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Categories:
- 1953 births
- 2016 deaths
- African-American basketball players
- Basketball players from Mississippi
- Jackson State Tigers basketball players
- New York Knicks draft picks
- New York Knicks players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- People from Noxubee County, Mississippi
- Seattle SuperSonics players
- Small forwards
- United States men's national basketball team players
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs