Don Dee
| File:Don Dee SLU.jpg Dee from the 1964 Archive | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | August 9, 1943 Boonville, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | November 26, 2014 (aged 71) |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Bishop Lillis (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 1968: 3rd round, 25th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Detroit Pistons |
| Position | Power forward |
| Number | 40 |
| Career history | |
| 1968–1969 | Indiana Pacers |
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
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Donald Francis Dee (August 9, 1943 – November 26, 2014) was an American basketball player. He played college basketball for Saint Louis University and St. Mary of the Plains College. Dee played his sophomore year and the first two games of his junior year at Saint Louis University before a serious injury during the second game he played in during his junior year at Saint Louis University caused him to miss out on what would have been his final two years there, which caused him to later transfer to St. Mary of the Plains College for what would officially become his junior and senior years of college instead.[1]
Dee participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team.[2] 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's son, Donnie Dee, played for the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL for two seasons. His grandson Johnny Dee is a professional basketball player.[3]
Dee died on November 26, 2014, in North Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of 71.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ https://www.thedraftreview.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=5460
- ^ "Dee Goes From Dropout to Olympic Team". Lawrence Journal-World. April 11, 1968. Retrieved on January 17, 2013.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). · Basketball Reference
- Career statistics from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). · Basketball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1968 Summer Olympics at USABasketball.com
- 1943 births
- 2014 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Missouri
- College men's basketball players in Missouri
- Detroit Pistons draft picks
- Forwards (basketball)
- Indiana Pacers draft picks
- Indiana Pacers players
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- People from Boonville, Missouri
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball players
- St. Mary of the Plains College alumni
- American basketball biography, 1940s birth stubs
- American Olympic medalist stubs