Gene Short
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| Born |
August 7, 1953 Macon, Mississippi | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Blair (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) | ||||||||||||
| College | Jackson State (1972–1975) | ||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1975 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the New York Knicks | |||||||||||||
| Pro career | 1975–1976 | ||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||
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| 1975 | Seattle SuperSonics | ||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | New York Knicks | ||||||||||||
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Eugene "Gene" Short (born August 7, 1953) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a 6'6" 200 lb small forward and attended Jackson State University.
Short was selected 9th overall by the NBA's New York Knicks in the 1975 NBA Draft. In the previous year he was selected by the American Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs in the fifth round of the 1974 ABA Draft.
He played for the US national team in the 1974 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.[1]
He played for the Seattle SuperSonics and New York Knicks (1975–76) in the NBA for 34 games.
Eugene is the older brother of Purvis Short, another former NBA player.[2]
References
- ↑ 1974 USA Basketball
- ↑ "Senate Concurrent Resolution 585". State of Mississippi. 2000. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com
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