Ken Sears
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Watsonville, California | August 17, 1933
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Watsonville (Watsonville, California) |
College | Santa Clara (1951–1955) |
NBA draft | 1955: 1st round, 4th overall pick |
Selected by the New York Knicks | |
Playing career | 1955–1964 |
Position | Power forward, Small forward |
Number | 12, 20, 17 |
Career history | |
1955–1961 | New York Knicks |
1961–1962 | San Francisco Saints |
1962 | New York Knicks |
1962–1964 | San Francisco Warriors |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 7,355 (13.9 ppg) |
Rebounds | 4,142 (7.8 rpg) |
Assists | 843 (1.6 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Kenneth Robert Sears (born August 17, 1933) is a retired American professional basketball player. He holds the distinction of being the first basketball player to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, appearing on the December 20, 1954 issue.
A 6'9" forward from Santa Clara University, Sears played eight seasons (1955–1961, 1962–1964) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New York Knicks and San Francisco Warriors. He averaged 13.9 points per game and 7.8 rebounds per game in his NBA career, appearing as an NBA All-Star in 1958 and 1959. Sears also led the NBA in field goal percentage twice (1959, 1960).[1]
Sears spent the 1961–62 basketball season in the short-lived American Basketball League.[2]
Notes
- ^ NBA career statistics. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
- ^ History of the American Basketball League. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
Categories:
- 1933 births
- Living people
- Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from California
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- National Basketball Association All-Stars
- New York Knicks draft picks
- New York Knicks players
- People from Watsonville, California
- Rochester Royals draft picks
- San Francisco Saints players
- San Francisco Warriors players
- Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball players
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs