Mel Gibson (basketball)
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| Born | December 30, 1940 Cordova, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Rockingham County (Reidsville, North Carolina) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Western Carolina (1959–1963) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1963: 2nd round, 16th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1963–1964 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1967–1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
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| 1963 | Los Angeles Lakers | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1964 | Wilmington Blue Bombers | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 1967–1971 | Charleston Southern | ||||||||||||||
| 1972–1986 | UNC Wilmington | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Melvin Lee Gibson (born December 30, 1940) is a retired American basketball player and coach. The 6'3" and 180 lb former Western Carolina University guard played a single season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1963–64, in which he appeared in nine games and recorded a total of 13 points. He played for the U.S. men's team at the 1963 FIBA World Championship.[1] Gibson served as the head men's basketball coach at Charleston Southern University from 1967 to 1971 and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNC Wilmington) from 1972 to 1986.
NBA career statistics
[edit]| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Regular season
[edit]Source[2]
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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| 1963–64 | L.A. Lakers | 9 | 5.9 | .300 | .500 | .4 | .7 | 1.4 |
References
[edit]- ^ 1963 USA Basketball Archived October 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mel Gibson". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
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- 1940 births
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- American men's basketball coaches
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball coaches from North Carolina
- Basketball players at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Basketball players from North Carolina
- Charleston Southern Buccaneers men's basketball coaches
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Los Angeles Lakers draft picks
- Los Angeles Lakers players
- Point guards
- Shooting guards
- UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball coaches
- United States men's national basketball team players
- Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball players
- Wilmington Blue Bombers players
- Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- 1963 FIBA World Championship players
- American basketball biography, 1940s birth stubs