Gus Johnson (basketball player)
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 Baltimore Bullets vs. St. Louis Hawks 1963 |
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| Player information | ||
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| birthday | December 13, 1938 | |
| place of birth | Akron , Ohio , United States | |
| date of death | April 29, 1987 | |
| Place of death | Akron, United States | |
| size | 198 cm | |
| position | Small forward | |
| college | Idaho | |
| NBA draft | 1963 , 10th pick, Baltimore Bullets | |
| league | NBA , ABA | |
| Jersey number | 25, 13 | |
| Clubs as active | ||
1963–1972 Baltimore Bullets 1972 Phoenix Suns 1972–1973 Indiana Pacers
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Gus Johnson (born December 13, 1938 in Akron , Ohio , † April 29, 1987 there ) was an American basketball player .
career
In the 1963 NBA Draft , Johnson was selected 10th by the Baltimore Bullets . For his achievements in the first year of play, he was appointed to the NBA All-Rookie Team . He spent the first nine years of his NBA career in Baltimore . During this time he was a five-time NBA All-Star and was called up to the All-NBA Second Team four times and to the NBA All-Defensive Team twice , but he was denied a title with the Bullets. After injury problems he was transferred to the Phoenix Suns in 1972 , for which he made only 21 games. In the same year he moved to the ABA team of the Indiana Pacers , with whom he won the ABA title in 1973.
In his career he achieved an average of 17.1 points and 12.7 rebounds per game. Johnson is considered to be one of the first players with a spectacular style of play that is more common today. So were slam dunks , broken basket discs and wide passes behind the back of his repertoire.
Johnson died of a brain tumor on April 29, 1987 at Akron City Hospital . He was 48 years old.
In December 1986, jersey number 25 was excluded from re-award by the Baltimore Bullets in honor of Gus Johnson. In 2010, Johnson was posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .
See also
Web links
- Gus Johnson in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . On: Hoophall website; Springfield, MA, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018 (in English).
- Gus Johnson at nba.com
- Gus Johnson - player profile on basketball-reference.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sam Goldaper: Gus Johnson, Ex-NBA Star With Baltimore, Is Dead At 48. From: New York Times; New York, NY, April 30, 1987. Retrieved November 8, 2017 (in English).
- ↑ Admission to the Hall of Fame ( Memento from April 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Johnson, Gus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Akron , Ohio, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1987 |
| Place of death | Akron , Ohio, USA |