Pete Cross Explained

Pete Cross
Number:41
Position:Power forward / center
Height Ft:6
Height In:9
Weight Lb:230
Birth Date:28 March 1948
Death Place:Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Nationality:American
High School:Bakersfield (Bakersfield, California)
College:San Francisco (1967–1970)
Draft Year:1970
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:23
Draft Team:Seattle SuperSonics
Years1:
Team1:Seattle SuperSonics
Team2:Kansas City-Omaha Kings
Team3:Seattle SuperSonics
Years4:1975
Team4:Iberia Superstars
Stats League:NBA
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:1,057 (5.8 ppg)
Stat2label:Rebounds
Stat2value:1,519 (8.3 rpg)
Stat3label:Assists
Stat3value:187 (1.0 apg)
Bbr:crosspe01
Letter:c
Spouse:Cynthia Cross

Peter Michael Cross (March 28, 1948 – January 2, 1977) was an American basketball player. Cross was drafted in the second round of the 1970 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. He played for Seattle as well as the Kansas City-Omaha Kings in the NBA. He played college basketball for the San Francisco Dons.

Career

A 6'9" center, Cross played collegiately for San Francisco. He was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 1970 NBA draft and the Kentucky Colonels in the 1970 American Basketball Association draft.[1]

Cross played three seasons (1970–1973) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics and Kansas City-Omaha Kings. His best NBA season was his first, in which he averaged eight points and twelve rebounds per game. His 12 rebounds per game in 1970–71 is still the SuperSonics' rookie record.

He played for the Iberia Superstars in the European Professional Basketball League in 1975.[2]

Death

On January 2, 1977, Cross was found dead in his home in Redmond, Washington. His wife, Cynthia Cross, said that he had epileptic seizures. He was 28.[3]

Cross was posthumously inducted into the University of San Francisco Dons Hall of Fame (1979),[4] and the Kern County Sports Hall of Fame (1993).[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BasketballReference.com Pete Cross page.
  2. Web site: Asi es el "Iberia Superstars" que mañana llega a Barcelona . This is how the "Iberia Superstars", who arrive in Barcelona tomorrow, are [organised] . . Spanish . . 55 . 26 January 1975 . 11 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Lewiston Morning Tribune - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  4. Web site: San Francisco Dons Hall of Fame: Pete Cross. 2019-09-08.
  5. Web site: Kern County Hall of Fame: Pete Cross. 2019-09-08.