Bobby Croft
Appearance
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Personal information | |
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Born | Hamilton, Ontario | March 17, 1946
Died | March 23, 2014 Burlington, Ontario | (aged 68)
Nationality | Canadian |
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Hill Park (Hamilton, Ontario) |
College | Tennessee (1967–1970) |
NBA draft | 1970: 8th round, 123rd overall pick |
Selected by the Boston Celtics | |
Playing career | 1970–71 |
Position | Center |
Number | 25, 43 |
Career history | |
1970–1971 | Kentucky Colonels |
1971 | Texas Chaparrals |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Robert Alexander Croft (March 17, 1946 – March 23, 2014) was a Canadian professional basketball player. He played as a centre in the American Basketball Association (ABA) for the Texas Chaparrals and the Kentucky Colonels during the 1970–71 season. He attended Hill Park Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario and later went on to study at the University of Tennessee before being drafted as the fourth pick in the eighth round by the Boston Celtics in the 1970 NBA draft.[1] He died at a hospice in Burlington, Ontario in 2014, aged 68.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "1970 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ Bobby Croft Captain of 1970 Tennessee BasketballKnox News Archived November 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com
Categories:
- 1946 births
- 2014 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- Boston Celtics draft picks
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Canadian men's basketball players
- Centers (basketball)
- Kentucky Colonels players
- Tennessee Volunteers basketball players
- Texas Chaparrals players
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian basketball biography stubs