Bruce Spraggins
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Williamsburg, Virginia | August 31, 1939
Died | September 12, 2021 Charles City, Virginia | (aged 82)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 188 lb (85 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Bruton Heights (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
College | Virginia Union (1958–1961) |
NBA draft | 1961: 5th round, 47th overall pick |
Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors | |
Playing career | 1961–1971 |
Position | Small forward |
Number | 30 |
Career history | |
1961–1963 | New York/Philadelphia Tapers |
1963–1966 | Trenton Colonials |
1966–1967 | New Haven Elms |
1967–1968 | New Jersey Americans |
1968–1971 | New Haven Elms / Hamden Bics |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball Reference |
Warren Bruce Spraggins (August 31, 1939 – September 12, 2021) was an American professional basketball player.[1] In college, he led the NCAA Small Colleges in scoring in 1960–61 and was a two-time first-team All-Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association player for the Virginia Union Panthers. Professionally, Spraggins' career lasted from 1961 to 1971 spanning three different leagues (American Basketball League, Continental Basketball Association, and American Basketball Association).
Spraggins died on September 12, 2021, in Charles City, Virginia, at age 82.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bruce Spraggins ABA/NBA stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
- ^ "Warren Bruce Spraggins". Whiting’s Funeral Home. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
Categories:
- 1939 births
- 2021 deaths
- American Basketball League (1961–62) players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Virginia
- Hamden Bics players
- New Haven Elms players
- New Jersey Americans players
- Philadelphia Warriors draft picks
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Williamsburg, Virginia
- Trenton Colonials players
- Virginia Union Panthers men's basketball players
- American basketball biography, 1940s birth stubs