| Dee Gibson | |
| Birth Date: | 25 August 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Cleveland, Tennessee |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 175 |
| High School: | Bradley (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
| Draft Year: | 1948 |
| Draft Round: | – |
| Draft Pick: | – |
| Draft Team: | Minneapolis Lakers |
| Career Start: | 1948 |
| Career End: | 1951 |
| Career Position: | Forward / guard |
| Career Number: | 18 |
| Years1: | 1948– |
| Team1: | Tri-Cities Blackhawks |
| Years2: | 1950–1951 |
| Team2: | Louisville Alumnites |
| Stats League: | NBA |
| Stat1label: | Points |
| Stat1value: | 281 (6.4 ppg) |
| Stat2label: | Assists |
| Stat2value: | 126 (2.9 apg) |
| Bbr: | gibsode01 |
Robert Dee Gibson Jr. (August 25, 1923 – April 8, 2003) was an American professional basketball player.[1] He was selected in the 1948 BAA Draft by the Minneapolis Lakers.[1] Gibson began his career for the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in the National Basketball League (NBL) in the 1948–49 season and stayed with the team when the NBL became the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the 1949–50 season.[1] [2] He then played in the short-lived National Professional Basketball League in 1950–51 for the Louisville Alumnites. He played in college for Western Kentucky University.
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