Harvey Catchings
Personal information | |
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Born | Jackson, Mississippi | September 2, 1951
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 218 lb (99 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Jim Hill (Jackson, Mississippi) |
College |
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NBA draft | 1974: 3rd round, 42nd overall pick |
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers | |
Playing career | 1974–1986 |
Position | Center / Power forward |
Number | 42, 40 |
Career history | |
1974–1979 | Philadelphia 76ers |
1979 | New Jersey Nets |
1979–1984 | Milwaukee Bucks |
1984–1985 | Los Angeles Clippers |
1985–1986 | Segafredo Gorizia |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 2,335 (3.2 ppg) |
Rebounds | 3,639 (5.0 rpg) |
Blocks | 1,226 (1.7 bpg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Harvey Lee Catchings (born September 2, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player.
He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 to 1985 as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Los Angeles Clippers. He has NBA career averages of 3.2 points per game, 5.0 rebounds per game and 1.6 blocks per game. He is one of 43 NBA players to have recorded at least 10 blocks in a single game.
Personal life
Catchings is the father of WNBA former star Tamika Catchings, who played for the Indiana Fever. Catchings is currently a Reverse Mortgage Consultant with Open Mortgage-North Houston.
Coaching career
In 2008, Catchings coached The Golden Knights, a 3rd and 4th grade Upward Basketball team, to an undefeated season.
See also
External links
- NBA statistics at basketball-reference.com
- 1951 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Mississippi
- Chicago Bulls announcers
- Hardin–Simmons Cowboys basketball players
- Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
- Los Angeles Clippers players
- Milwaukee Bucks players
- New Jersey Nets players
- Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia players
- Philadelphia 76ers draft picks
- Philadelphia 76ers players
- Sportspeople from Jackson, Mississippi
- Utah Stars draft picks
- Centers (basketball)
- Power forwards (basketball)
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs