Glen Gondrezick | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 6 |
Weight Lb: | 218 |
Birth Date: | 30 August 1955 |
Birth Place: | Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
Death Place: | Henderson, Nevada, U.S. |
High School: | Boulder (Boulder, Colorado) |
College: | UNLV (1973–1977) |
Draft Year: | 1977 |
Draft Round: | 2 |
Draft Pick: | 26 |
Draft Team: | New York Knicks |
Career Start: | 1977 |
Career End: | 1984 |
Career Number: | 44, 22 |
Career Position: | Small forward / shooting guard |
Years1: | – |
Team1: | New York Knicks |
Years2: | – |
Team2: | Denver Nuggets |
Years3: | 1983–1984 |
Team3: | Rapident Livorno |
Highlights: |
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Stats League: | NBA |
Stat1label: | Points |
Stat1value: | 2,544 (5.8 ppg) |
Stat2label: | Rebounds |
Stat2value: | 1,964 (4.5 rpg) |
Stat3label: | Assists |
Stat3value: | 605 (1.4 apg) |
Glen Michael 'Gondo' Gondrezick (August 30, 1955 – April 27, 2009) was an American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels. He played the shooting guard and small forward positions (swingman).
Born in Boulder, Colorado, he attended Boulder High School in his hometown. The 6'6" Gondrezick played collegiately at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. A starter on the Runnin' Rebels' first Final Four team in 1977, his jersey number 25 would be retired by the program twenty years later.[1]
Gondrezick was drafted by the New York Knicks in 1977, in the second round (26th pick overall). He competed in six NBA seasons, appearing for the Knicks (two years) and the Denver Nuggets (four), and averaging six points, four rebounds, and one assist in 435 regular season matches.
Gondrezick later became a broadcaster for the UNLV basketball team. He would also call the Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament games for the Mountain West Radio Network from 2000 - 2008 before dying of complications from heart surgery on April 27, 2009, at the age of 53. He had received a heart transplant in September of the previous year.[2]
Gondrezick's younger brother, Grant, was also a professional basketball player, and a shooting guard. He played two years in the NBA.
On July 23, 1987, Gondrezick shot himself after an altercation with his wife. He acknowledged to authorities that the gunshot wound to the left side of the chest was self-inflicted.[3] [4]