Don Dee
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| Born |
August 9, 1943 Booneville, Maryland | ||||||||||||
| Died |
November 26, 2014 (aged 71) North Kansas City, Missouri | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Bishop Lillis (Kansas City, Missouri) | ||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 1968 / Round: 3 / Pick: 25th overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Detroit Pistons | |||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||
| Number | 40 | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||||
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Donald Dee (August 9, 1943 – November 26, 2014) was an American basketball player.
A 6'8" forward from St. Mary of the Plains College,[1] Dee participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team. He then played professionally with the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association, averaging 5.7 points per game during the 1968-69 ABA season.
Dee died on November 26, 2014 in North Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 71.[2]
References
- ↑ "Dee Goes From Dropout to Olympic Team". Lawrence Journal-World. April 11, 1968. Retrieved on January 17, 2013.
- ↑ Kerkhoff, Blair (November 27, 2014). "Don Dee, a 1968 basketball Olympian, dies at 71". KansasCity.com. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
External links
- Donald Dee at Basketball-Reference.com
- 1968 Summer Olympics at USABasketball.com
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