Les Pugh
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Butler, Ohio | September 18, 1922
Died | February 25, 1979 Franklin, Ohio | (aged 56)
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Middletown (Middletown, Ohio) |
College | Ohio State (1946–1947) |
BAA draft | 1947: undrafted |
Playing career | 1947–1950 |
Position | Forward / center |
Number | 8, 35 |
Career history | |
1947–1948 | Dayton Metros |
1948–1949 | Providence Steamrollers |
1949–1950 | Baltimore Bullets |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Leslie Ellsworth Pugh (September 18, 1922 - February 25, 1979[1]) was an American professional basketball player. He spent one season in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Providence Steam Rollers (1948–49) and the Baltimore Bullets (1949–1950). He attended Ohio State University.
BAA/NBA career statistics
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GP | Games played | FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||
FT% | Free-throw percentage | APG | Assists per game | ||
PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
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1948–49 | Providence | 60 | .302 | .749 | 1.0 | 7.7 |
1949–50 | Baltimore | 56 | .249 | .846 | .3 | 4.5 |
Career | 116 | .285 | .792 | .6 | 6.1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Les Pugh". Peach Basket Society. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
Categories:
- 1922 births
- 1979 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) players
- Basketball players from Ohio
- Centers (basketball)
- Forwards (basketball)
- Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball players
- People from Richland County, Ohio
- Providence Steamrollers players
- Undrafted NBA players
- Middletown High School (Ohio) alumni
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs