Position: | Shooting guard |
Number: | 15 |
Birth Date: | 1945 2, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lb: | 185 |
Highschool: | Fort Cobb (Fort Cobb, Oklahoma) |
College: | Oklahoma City (1964–1967) |
Draftyear: | 1967 |
Draftround: | 3 |
Draftpick: | 26 |
Draftteam: | Cincinnati Royals |
Debutyear: | 1967 |
Finalyear: | 1968 |
Team1: | Cincinnati Royals |
Bbr: | grayga01 |
Stat1label: | Points |
Stat1value: | 105 |
Stat2label: | Rebounds |
Stat2value: | 23 |
Stat3label: | Assists |
Stat3value: | 26 |
Gary Michael Gray (born February 23, 1945) is an American former basketball player who played as a guard in the NBA.
Gary Gray was born in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma. Gray is Native American, of the Delaware Nation.[1] Following graduation from Fort Cobb High School in 1963,[2] he attended Oklahoma City University, where he led them to the All-College Tournament championship in 1966. His OCU Chiefs made the 1966 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.[3]
Gray was named an Academic All American for 1966–1967 by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).[4]
Gray was drafted in the third round of the 1967 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals.[2] He was also selected in the 1967 American Basketball Association Draft by the Dallas Chaparrals.[5]
He spent the 1967–68 season with the Royals, averaging 2.4 points per game in limited playing time. He was later selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1968 NBA Expansion Draft.[2]
Gary Gray was inducted into the OCU Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986.[6]
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