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American basketball player

Dee Gibson
Personal information
Born(1923-08-25)August 25, 1923
Cleveland, Tennessee
DiedApril 8, 2003(2003-04-08) (aged 79)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolBradley (Cleveland, Tennessee)
CollegeWestern Kentucky (1941–1943, 1946–1948)
NBA draft1948: – round, –
Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers
Playing career1948–1951
PositionForward / guard
Number18
Career history
1948–1950Tri-Cities Blackhawks
1950–1951Louisville Alumnites
Career NBA statistics
Points281 (6.4 ppg)
Assists126 (2.9 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Robert Dee Gibson Jr. (August 25, 1923 – April 8, 2003) was an American professional basketball player. He was selected in the 1948 BAA Draft by the Minneapolis Lakers. Gibson began his career for the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in the National Basketball League (NBL) in the 1948–49 season and stayed with the team when the NBL became the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the 1949–50 season. He then played in the short-lived National Professional Basketball League in 1950–51 for the Louisville Alumnites. He played in college for Western Kentucky University.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1949–50 Tri-Cities 44 .314 .718 2.9 6.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1950 Tri-Cities 3 .364 .600 .7 3.7

References

  1. ^ Dee Gibson. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on January 24, 2013.
  2. "Dee Gibson". Pro Basketball Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 3, 2020.


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