George Lee (basketball)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | November 23, 1936 |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Highland Park (Highland Park, Michigan) |
College | Michigan (1956–1959) |
NBA draft | 1959: 4th round, 24th overall pick |
Selected by the Detroit Pistons | |
Playing career | 1960–1968 |
Position | Small forward / Shooting guard |
Number | 12, 9 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1960–1962 | Detroit Pistons |
1962–1968 | San Francisco Warriors |
As coach: | |
1968–1970 | San Francisco Warriors |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 2,229 (7.5 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,235 (4.2 rpg) |
Assists | 258 (0.9 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
George C. Lee (born November 23, 1936) is a retired American basketball player and coach. A 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) forward/guard from the University of Michigan, Lee was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the fourth round of the 1959 NBA draft. He had a seven-year career in the NBA, playing two seasons with the Pistons and five with the San Francisco Warriors.
He retired from playing in 1968, and coached the Warriors for the next two seasons, before being replaced by Al Attles in 1970.
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Categories:
- 1936 births
- Living people
- American basketball coaches
- American men's basketball players
- Detroit Pistons draft picks
- Detroit Pistons players
- Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players
- San Francisco Warriors players
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- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs