Dave Bing · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
Dave Bing
Sign in to saveAlso known as David Bing, Duke
American basketball player and politician (born 1943)
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Kenneth Cockrel Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Mike Duggan
- Born
- ( 1943-11-24 ) November 24, 1943 (age 82) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouse
- Yvette Bing
- Education
- Syracuse University
- Profession
- Professional athlete, businessman, politician
- Listed height
- 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Listed weight
- 180 lb (82 kg)
- High school
- Spingarn (Washington, D.C.)
- College
- Syracuse (1963–1966)
- Nba draft
- 1966 : 1st round, 2nd overall pick
- Drafted by
- Detroit Pistons
- Playing career
- 1966–1978
- Position
- Point guard
- Number
- 21, 44
- 1966 1975
- Detroit Pistons
- 1975 1977
- Washington Bullets
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Bing
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Baptists
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- point guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 84
- Image
- David Bing 3928ded5aacd10b21cded561668a0444 (1).jpg
- Height
- 190
- Residence
- Washington, D.C.
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1943-11-24
- Commons category
- Dave Bing
- drafted by
- Detroit Pistons
- end of work period
- 1978-00-00
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
~24 min read
Encyclopedic overview
David Bing (born November 24, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player, businessman and politician who served as the 74th mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
After starring at Syracuse University, Bing played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a point guard for the Detroit Pistons (1966–1975), Washington Bullets (1975–1977) and Boston Celtics (1977–78). During his career, he averaged over 20 points and six assists per game and made seven NBA All-Star Game appearances, winning the game's Most Valuable Player award in 1976. The Pistons celebrated his career accomplishments with the retirement of his #21 jersey. In addition, he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and named to the NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team and the NBA 75th Anniversary All-Time Team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dave Bing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.