Les Deaton

Les Deaton
Personal information
Born	September 23, 1923; Carlisle, Iowa
Died	November 18, 1989 (aged 66); Des Moines, Iowa
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Lorimor (Lorimor, Iowa)
College	Simpson (1941–1943); Denison (1943–1944); Simpson (1946–1947);
NBA draft	1947: undrafted
Position	Forward / center
Career history
As player:
1947–1948	Sheboygan Red Skins
1948–1949	Waterloo Hawks
As coach:
1950–1951	Belle Plaine HS
195?–195?	Columbus Junction HS
1955–1967	Simpson

Leslie Hobart Deaton (September 23, 1923 – November 18, 1989) was an American professional basketball player and college head coach.^[1]^[2] After serving in World War II, he played in the National Basketball League the Sheboygan Red Skins and Waterloo Hawks and averaged 3.7 points per game for his career.^[1]^[3] Deaton also coached high school basketball in Iowa and then became the head coach at Simpson College for twelve seasons, where he played collegiately.^[2] Upon the close of his coaching career, he operated an insurance company and ran a campground before dying of a stroke in 1989.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Leslie Deaton NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Les Deaton". Peach Basket Society. May 3, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
^ "Leslie Deaton Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

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[bbr-1] "Leslie Deaton NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

[peach-2] "Les Deaton". Peach Basket Society. May 3, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

[3] "Leslie Deaton Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

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