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George Trapp
Trapp as a senior at Long Beach State
Personal information
Born(1948-07-11)July 11, 1948
Detroit, Michigan, U. S.
DiedJanuary 21, 2002(2002-01-21) (aged 53)
Detroit, Michigan, U. S.
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft1971: 1st round, 5th overall pick
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career1971–1979
PositionPower forward / center
Number30, 31
Career history
1971–1973Atlanta Hawks
1973–1976Detroit Pistons
1978Rochester Zeniths
1978–1979U/Tex Wranglers
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points3,353 (8.8 ppg)
Rebounds1,466 (3.9 rpg)
Assists375 (1.0 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

George Trapp, Jr. (July 11, 1948 – January 21, 2002) was an American professional basketball player.

Amateur career

A 6'8" forward/center from Monrovia, California by way of Detroit, Trapp played his senior year of high school basketball at Monrovia High School in 1966–67 where Trapp contributed to the Wildcats first CIF basketball Championship. Trapp then went on to play college basketball, initially at Pasadena City College, leading the team to a state community college title, then transferring to Long Beach State, following PCC coach Jerry Tarkanian who had taken the head coaching position at LBSU.[1] Trapp won two Pacific Coast Athletic Association MVP Awards with Long Beach.[2] In 1971, his senior year, Trapp led Long Beach State to the Elite Eight of the 1971 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, but the team lost 57-55 to UCLA, the eventual winner of the tournament.[1]

Professional career

After his college career ended, Trapp was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the fifth pick of the 1971 NBA draft. He played six seasons in the NBA with the Hawks (1971–1973) and Detroit Pistons (1973–77), and averaged 8.8 points per game over his career.[3] He was known for his outside shooting and "electrifying drives to the hoop".[4]

His best scoring season was his second year with Atlanta when he averaged 11.3 ppg and 5.9 rpg in 24.1 mpg as a top reserve in the 1972-73 Atlanta Hawks season. He was traded to his hometown Detroit Pistons for a first-round draft choice that off-season. With Detroit, he became a key reserve, helping the Pistons to the post-season in each of his 4 years with the team.[5] After his release by Detroit at the start of the 1976-77 season, he played for the Rochester in the Continental Basketball Association in the 1977-78 season,[6] and then briefly for the U/Tex Wranglers in the Philippine Basketball Association in 1979.[7][8]

Personal life

His brother John Trapp was drafted with the 15th overall pick in the 1968 NBA draft. Both Trapp brothers played at Pasadena City College (PCC) and are members of the PCC Athletics Hall of Fame, with George honored in 2013.[9] George is also a member of the Long Beach State Athletics Hall of Fame, inducted in 1991.[10]

On January 9, 2002, Trapp was stabbed in the stomach during a fight with a roommate in Detroit. He died twelve days later.[4][11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b George Trapp. Long Beach State Athletics. Retrieved on August 4, 2009.
  2. ^ Steve Addy and Jeffrey F. Karzen. The Detroit Pistons: Four Decades of Motor City Memories. 2002. 79.
  3. ^ George Trapp statistics. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on August 4, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Obituaries". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. January 25, 2002. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
  5. ^ "George Trapp Stats". Basketball-Reference.com.
  6. ^ "EBA-George Trapp".
  7. ^ "1979 PBA rosters". May 13, 2015.
  8. ^ "Classic PBA finals showdowns from the 1970s". April 2020.
  9. ^ "PCC Sports Hall of Fame". Pasadena City College.
  10. ^ "George Trapp (1991) - Hall of Fame". Long Beach State University Athletics.
  11. ^ "Ex-Piston Trapp dies after stabbing". basketball.realgm.com.
  12. ^ "Obituary for ex-imports". The Philippine STAR.
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