Sylvester Blye

Sylvester "Sy" Blye (born February 14, 1938)^[1] is a former American street and professional basketball player.

Blye was famous in the Rucker Park league in New York City, being named to its Hall of Fame.^[2] He played briefly in college for Seattle University, before officials found he had played professionally for the and at West Hills College Coalinga in California.^[3]

He also starred for the Philadelphia/Washington/New York Tapers of the professional American Basketball League.^[4] In the 1962/63 season, he scored the 4th most points. Blye is also 5th in career points and 7th in career rebounds in the ABL.^[5]

ABL Statistics[]

Year	Games	Points per game	Rebounds per game	Assists per game	Minutes per game
1961/62	81	16.0	7.7	1.3	33.3
1962/63	28	17.7	10.0	1.0	34.8

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References[]

^ "Archived copy". cltch.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "BASKETBALL; Carrying On an Asphalt Legacy", New York Times
^ West Hills College magazine
^ The Great Book of Philadelphia Sports Lists
^ Association for Professional Basketball Research
^ Basketpedya stats

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[1] "Archived copy". cltch.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "BASKETBALL; Carrying On an Asphalt Legacy", New York Times

[3] West Hills College magazine

[4] The Great Book of Philadelphia Sports Lists

[5] Association for Professional Basketball Research

[6] Basketpedya stats

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