Greg Howard
Personal information
Born (1948-01-08) January 8, 1948 (age 76)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolFifth Avenue
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
College
NBA draft1970: 1st round, 10th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
PositionPower forward
Number40, 44
Career history
1969–1970Brill Cagliari
1970–1971Phoenix Suns
1971–1972Cleveland Cavaliers
1974–1975ABC Nantes
1975–1977Fribourg Olympic Basket
1977–1978Sporting CP
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-WAC (1969)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Gregory Darryle Howard (born January 8, 1948)[1] is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for two seasons.

Career

Howard attended Fifth Avenue High School in Pittsburgh until 1966. After one year at Hartnell College,[2] he enrolled at the University of New Mexico, playing for the New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team from 1967 to 1969. In 1968-69, he was the Lobos leading scorer (19.7 points per game). In a total of 45 games for New Mexico, he averaged 16.6 points and 10.1 rebounds per contest.[3] Howard had 22 double-doubles for the Lobos.[4]

After playing for one season in the Italian Serie A for Brill Cagliari, he was selected in the first round of 1970 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns. He played the 1970–71 season with the team before being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1971.[5] He appeared in a total of 92 NBA games, averaging 3.4 points and 2.5 rebounds a contest.[1]

In 1974–75, Howard played for ABC Nantes in France.[6] From 1975[7] to 1977,[8] he played for Fribourg Olympic Basket. His dominating and spectacular style of play was considered new for Swiss basketball.[9] He moved to Portugal in 1977 and was signed by Sporting CP.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Greg Howard". www.nba.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  2. ^ Hostutler, Mark (2010). Heads of State: Pennsylvania's Greatest High School Basketball Players of the Modern Era. iUniverse. p. 266. ISBN 978-1450267076.
  3. ^ "Greg Howard College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  4. ^ "2021–22 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of New Mexico. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  5. ^ "Greg Howard". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  6. ^ "Howard, "tel le messie"…" (PDF). France Basket Hebdo. 1974-08-29. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  7. ^ "Switzerland LNA, Season 1975–76". Pearl Basket. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  8. ^ "Switzerland LNA, Season 1976–77". Pearl Basket. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  9. ^ 1961–1980: Fribourg Olympic, naissance d'un club (in French). Fribourg. 2021. p. 58. ISBN 9782940707065. ((cite book)): |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ "Greg Howard :: Gregory Darryle Howard ::". www.zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-21.


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