Lewis Brown (basketball)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California | February 19, 1955
Died | September 14, 2011 Los Angeles, California | (aged 56)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Verbum Dei (Los Angeles, California) |
College | UNLV (1973–1977) |
NBA draft | 1977: 4th round, 69th overall pick |
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks | |
Playing career | 1977–1987 |
Position | Center |
Number | 4 |
Career history | |
1977–1978 | West Virginia Wheels |
1978–1979 | Jersey Shore Bullets |
1979–1980 | BOB Oud-Beijerland |
1980 | Great Taste Discoverers |
1981 | Washington Bullets |
1982 | Crispa Redmanizers |
1985 | Manila Beer Brewmasters |
1985–1986 | Basket Groot Willebroek |
1986–1987 | Le Mans |
1987 | Segafredo Gorizia |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Lewis Brown (February 19, 1955 – September 14, 2011) was an American basketball player.[1]
Brown played collegiately for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 4th round (69th pick overall) of the 1977 NBA draft and played 2 games in 1980–81 for the Washington Bullets in the NBA.
References
- ^ Nagourney, Adam (September 15, 2011). "Lewis Brown, Faded Basketball Prodigy, Dies Homeless". The New York Times.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Nagourney, Adam (May 19, 2011), "A Former Basketball Prodigy, Bereft of All but His Memories", The New York Times
Categories:
- 1955 births
- 2011 deaths
- American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
- American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
- Basketball players at the 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from Los Angeles
- Centers (basketball)
- Crispa Redmanizers players
- Great Taste Coffee Makers players
- Manila Beer Brewmasters players
- Milwaukee Bucks draft picks
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball players
- Washington Bullets players
- American men's basketball players
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs