Al Butler

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Al Butler
Personal information
Born(1938-07-09)July 9, 1938
Baltimore Bullets
1965–1966Trenton Colonials
1966–1967Harrisburg Patriots
1967–1970Wilkes-Barre Barons
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points
2,282 (9.8 ppg)
Rebounds696 (3.0 rpg)
Assists530 (2.3 apg)
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Elbert J. "Al" Butler (July 9, 1938 – July 12, 2000) was an American basketball player who played four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Born in Birmingham, Alabama,[1] he played basketball for East High School in Rochester, New York, before playing collegiately for Niagara University.[2] He was named to the 1961 National Invitation Tournament All-Star team by the Associated Press, despite Niagara losing its only game, 68–71 against Providence.[3][4]

He was selected by the

Baltimore Bullets (1964–65) in the NBA for a total of 234 games.[1] He started for the Knicks for Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game, scoring 8 points.[6]

Butler was the last player to ever wear the number 22 for the Celtics, as they would retire it in honor of Ed Macauley in 1963.[7][8]

Butler died of cancer on July 12, 2000.[6] After his death, a scholarship was established in his name at Monroe Community College, where he had worked as a guidance counselor.[2]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Source[1]

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1961–62 Boston 5 9.4 .448 .833 2.6 .8 6.2
1961–62 New York 54 36.5 .463 .705 6.0 3.7 14.7
1962–63 New York 74 20.1 .439 .770 2.3 2.1 10.0
1963–64 New York 76 18.1 .422 .738 2.2 2.1 8.7
1964–65 Baltimore 25 6.9 .329 .733 .8 .5 2.4
Career 234 21.6 .439 .739 3.0 2.3 9.8

References

  1. ^
    Basketball Reference
    . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
  2. ^
    Newspapers.com
    .
  3. Newspapers.com
    . Joining with them on the team were ... Al Butler of Niagara, who gave a brilliant individual performance though his team lost its only tournament game.
  4. NIT.org. Archived from the original
    on May 2, 2006. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  5. NBA.com
    . Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  6. ^
    Newspapers.com
    .
  7. ^ "Boston Celtics Uniform Numbers". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  8. NBA.com
    . Retrieved June 4, 2022.

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