Glynn Saulters
Appearance
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Minden, Louisiana, U.S. | February 10, 1945||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Lisbon (Lisbon, Louisiana) | ||||||||||||||
College | Louisiana–Monroe (1964–1968) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1968: 12th round, 152nd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Cincinnati Royals | |||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
1968–1969 | New Orleans Buccaneers | ||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Grady Glynn Saulters Jr. (born February 10, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player born in Minden, Louisiana.
A 6'2" guard from Northeast Louisiana University (now the University of Louisiana at Monroe), Saulters competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team. Despite being drafted in the 12th round (152nd overall pick) of the 1968 NBA draft by the National Basketball Association's Cincinnati Royals, he played one season (1968–69) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the New Orleans Buccaneers, scoring 59 points in 22 games.
References
[edit]- Career statistics from Basketball Reference
- 1968 Summer Olympics at USABasketball.com
- Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame bio
Categories:
- 1945 births
- Living people
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Louisiana
- Cincinnati Royals draft picks
- Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks men's basketball players
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- New Orleans Buccaneers players
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- Point guards
- American basketball biography, 1940s birth stubs