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Wes Unseld
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American basketball player and coach (1946–2020)
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- Total plays
- 1
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1946-03-14 ) March 14, 1946, Louisville, Kentucky , U.S.
- Died
- June 2, 2020 (2020-06-02) (aged 74), Baltimore, Maryland , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
- Listed weight
- 245 lb (111 kg)
- High school
- Seneca (Louisville, Kentucky)
- College
- Louisville (1965–1968)
- Nba draft
- 1968 : 1st round, 2nd overall pick
- Drafted by
- Baltimore Bullets
- Playing career
- 1968–1981
- Position
- Center
- Coaching career
- 1987–1994
- 1968 1981
- Baltimore / Capital / Washington Bullets
- 1987 1988
- Washington Bullets (assistant)
- 1988 1994
- Washington Bullets
- Points
- 10,624 (10.8 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 13,769 (14.0 rpg)
- Assists
- 3,822 (3.9 apg)
- Nba
- 202–345 (.369)
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- Chicago Bulls
- Position
- Assistant Coach
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Louisville
- Place of death
- Catonsville
- Child
- Wes Unseld Jr.
- Educated at
- University of Louisville
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 1967 Summer Universiade
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- power forward
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 111
- Image
- Wes Unseld 1975.jpeg
- Height
- 201
- Residence
- Louisville
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- date of birth
- 1946-03-14
- Commons category
- Wes Unseld
- drafted by
- Washington Wizards
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- member of
- Alpha Phi Alpha
- end of work period
- 1981-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-06-02
- name in native language
- Wes Unseld
- birth name
- Westley Sissel Unseld
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pneumonia
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Encyclopedic overview
Westley Sissel Unseld Sr. (March 14, 1946 – June 2, 2020) was an American professional basketball player, coach and executive. He spent his entire National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets. Unseld played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals and was selected with the second overall pick by the Bullets in the 1968 NBA draft. Known as "The Incredible Hulk" and "The Oak Tree" because of his immense physical presence, Unseld was named the NBA Most Valuable Player and NBA Rookie of the Year during his rookie season and joined Wilt Chamberlain as the only two players in NBA history to accomplish the feat. He won an NBA championship with the Bullets in 1978 and the Finals MVP award to go with it.
After his retirement as a player in 1981, Unseld worked with the Bullets-Wizards organization as a vice president, head coach and general manager.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wes Unseld” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.