Dee Gibson
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Cleveland, Tennessee | August 25, 1923
Died | April 8, 2003 | (aged 79)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Bradley (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
College | Western Kentucky (1941–1943, 1946–1948) |
NBA draft | 1948: – round, – |
Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers | |
Playing career | 1948–1951 |
Position | Forward / Guard |
Number | 18 |
Career history | |
1948–1950 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks |
1950–1951 | Louisville Alumnites |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 281 (6.4 ppg) |
Assists | 126 (2.9 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Robert Dee Gibson Jr. (August 25, 1923 – April 8, 2003) was an American professional basketball player.[1] He was selected in the 1948 BAA Draft by the Minneapolis Lakers.[1] Gibson began his career for the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in the National Basketball League (NBL) in the 1948–49 season and stayed with the team when the NBL became the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the 1949–50 season.[1][2] He then played in the short-lived National Professional Basketball League in 1950–51 for the Louisville Alumnites. He played in college for Western Kentucky University.
References
- ^ a b c Dee Gibson. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on January 24, 2013.
- ^ "Dee Gibson". Pro Basketball Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
Categories:
- 1923 births
- 2003 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Tennessee
- Guards (basketball)
- Forwards (basketball)
- Minneapolis Lakers draft picks
- People from Cleveland, Tennessee
- Tri-Cities Blackhawks players
- Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball players
- Western Kentucky Hilltoppers tennis players
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs