Allen Murphy
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Birmingham, Alabama | July 15, 1952
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | A. H. Parker (Birmingham, Alabama) |
College | Louisville (1972–1975) |
NBA draft | 1975: 2nd round, 35th overall pick |
Selected by the Phoenix Suns | |
Playing career | 1975–1976 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 20 |
Career history | |
1975–1976 | Kentucky Colonels |
1976 | Los Angeles Lakers |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Allen Murphy (born July 15, 1952) is a retired American professional basketball player. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Murphy was a 6 ft 4½ in (1.95 m) 190 lb (86 kg) guard and at played shooting guard for the University of Louisville Cardinals of whom he was part of their 1975 Final Four team. He had a short stint with the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers.
NBA career
[edit]Murphy played shortly in the NBA after being drafted by the Phoenix Suns in 1975 in the 2nd round. He never played a game for Phoenix but played a couple of games with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1976-77 NBA season. Murphy also had a 29-game stint with the American Basketball Association's Kentucky Colonels in 1975–76.
Personal
[edit]Murphy attended Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1952 births
- Living people
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Birmingham, Alabama
- Kentucky Colonels players
- Los Angeles Lakers players
- Louisville Cardinals men's basketball players
- Phoenix Suns draft picks
- Shooting guards
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs
- University of Louisville stubs