Doug Widtfeldt

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Douglas Richard Widtfeldt ( April 1, 1957 - March 30, 2015 in Sacramento ) was an American basketball player .

Life

The two-meter-tall, 2.04-meter-tall indoor player with German and Swedish ancestors was part of the university team at the University of Southern California from 1976 to 1980 . In his final game year 1979/80 he scored an average of 8 points and 6.1 rebounds per encounter. After leaving university, the Los Angeles Lakers showed interest in Widtfeldt, but the contract with the NBA team did not materialize. For the 1980/81 season he accepted an offer from the German Bundesliga club Hamburger TB .

After retiring as a professional basketball player, Widtfeldt returned to California and worked in Sacramento as a political advisor and for employee interest groups, and later in the insurance industry.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1980/pdf/19800923.pdf/ASV_HAB_19800923_HA_013.pdf
  2. ↑ Doug Widtfeldt College Stats. Retrieved September 15, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Douglas Richard Widtfeldt Obituary - Citrus Heights, CA. Retrieved September 15, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Doug Widtfeldt, Center On USC Men's Basketball's 1979 NCAA Tournament Team, Dies. Retrieved September 15, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Widtfeldt, Doug
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Widtfeldt, Douglas Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1957
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 2015
Place of death Sacramento