Marlbert Pradd
Personal information | |
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Born | November 17, 1944 Chicago, Illinois |
Died | April 27, 2014 New Orleans, Louisiana | (aged 69)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Carver (Chicago, Illinois) |
College | Dillard (1963–1967) |
NBA draft | 1967 / Round: 6 / Pick: 58th overall |
Selected by the Chicago Bulls | |
Playing career | 1967–1969 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 12 |
Career history | |
1967–1969 | New Orleans Buccaneers |
Career ABA statistics | |
Points | 332 (4.2 ppg) |
Rebounds | 76 (1.0 rpg) |
Assists | 26 (0.3 apg) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Marlbert Pradd Jr. (November 17, 1944 – April 27, 2014) was born in Chicago, Illinois. He spent his childhood as a resident of Altgeld Garden housing projects. He attended Carver High School. He later became a professional basketball shooting guard who spent two seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a member of the New Orleans Buccaneers during the 1967–68 and 1968–69 season.
Pradd attended Dillard University, where he finished his career as the leading scorer in Dillard history, with 2,907 points for a 37.5 average. He was subsequently drafted by the Chicago Bulls during the sixth round of the 1967 NBA draft. He was selected to the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Marlbert Pradd - Hall of Fame / Allstate Sugar Bowl". Archived from the original on 2014-04-30.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com
Categories:
- 1944 births
- 2014 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- Chicago Bulls draft picks
- Dillard Bleu Devils basketball players
- Los Angeles Lakers draft picks
- New Orleans Buccaneers players
- Shooting guards
- Basketball players from Chicago
- American basketball biography, 1940s birth stubs