Les Deaton
Personal information | |
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Born | Carlisle, Iowa | September 23, 1923
Died | November 18, 1989 Des Moines, Iowa | (aged 66)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Lorimor (Lorimor, Iowa) |
College | |
NBA draft | 1947 / Undrafted |
Position | Forward / Center |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1947–1948 | Sheboygan Red Skins |
1948–1949 | Waterloo Hawks |
As coach: | |
1950–1951 | Belle Plaine HS |
195?–195? | Columbus Junction HS |
1955–1967 | Simpson |
Leslie Hobart Deaton (September 23, 1923 – November 18, 1989) was an American professional basketball player and college head coach.[1][2] After serving in World War II, he played in the National Basketball League the Sheboygan Red Skins and Waterloo Hawks and averaged 3.7 points per game for his career.[1][3] Deaton also coached high school basketball in Iowa and then became the head coach at Simpson College for twelve seasons, where he played collegiately.[2] Upon the close of his coaching career, he operated an insurance company and ran a campground before dying of a stroke in 1989.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Leslie Deaton NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Les Deaton". Peach Basket Society. May 3, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ "Leslie Deaton Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
Categories:
- 1923 births
- 1989 deaths
- United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
- American men's basketball coaches
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball coaches from Iowa
- Basketball players from Iowa
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- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Denison Big Red men's basketball players
- Forwards (basketball)
- High school basketball coaches in Iowa
- Military personnel from Iowa
- People from Carlisle, Iowa
- Sheboygan Red Skins players
- Simpson Storm men's basketball coaches
- Simpson Storm men's basketball players
- Waterloo Hawks players
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs