Archie Dees
Personal information | |
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Born | Ethel, Mississippi |
February 22, 1936
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Bloomington, Indiana |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Mount Carmel (Mount Carmel, Illinois) |
College | Indiana (1955–1958) |
NBA draft | 1958 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall |
Selected by the Cincinnati Royals | |
Playing career | 1958–1962 |
Position | Power forward / Center |
Number | 22, 44, 29 |
Career history | |
1958–1959 | Cincinnati Royals |
1959–1961 | Detroit Pistons |
1961 | Chicago Packers |
1961 | St. Louis Hawks |
1961–1962 | Cleveland Pipers (ABL) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 1,548 (8.1 ppg) |
Rebounds | 907 (4.8 rpg) |
Assists | 132 (0.7 apg) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Archie William Dees (February 22, 1936 – April 4, 2016) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6'8" forward/center born in Ethel, Mississippi, Dees started his basketball career at Mount Carmel High School in Mount Carmel, Illinois, where he was named an All-American his senior year. Afterwards he attended Indiana University, where he received the Big Ten Conference Most Valuable Player award twice, in 1957 and 1958. He is one of just three people (the others being Jerry Lucas and Scott May) to have received multiple Big Ten MVP honors. When he graduated in 1958, he was drafted by the Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association, and he went on to play four seasons in the league with the Royals, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Packers, and St. Louis Hawks.[1]
Dees was inducted into the Indiana University Hall of Fame in 1983. In 2001, he was named to the Indiana University All-Century Team. Dees died April 4, 2016 in Bloomington, Indiana.[1]
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.com
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1936 births
- 2016 deaths
- American Basketball League (1961–63) players
- Basketball players from Mississippi
- Centers (basketball)
- Chicago Packers expansion draft picks
- Chicago Packers players
- Cincinnati Royals draft picks
- Cincinnati Royals players
- Detroit Pistons players
- Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball players
- St. Louis Hawks players
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs