Pete Cross
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 28, 1948 |
| Died | January 2, 1977 (aged 28) Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
| 1972–1973 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 1975 | Iberia Superstars |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Peter Michael Cross (March 28, 1948 – January 2, 1977) was an American
Career
A 6'9" center, Cross played collegiately for San Francisco. He was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 1970 NBA draft and the Kentucky Colonels in the 1970 American Basketball Association draft.[1]
Cross played three seasons (1970–1973) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics and Kansas City-Omaha Kings. His best NBA season was his first, in which he averaged eight points and twelve rebounds per game. His 12 rebounds per game in 1970–71 is still the SuperSonics' rookie record.
He played for the Iberia Superstars in the European Professional Basketball League in 1975.[2]
Death
On January 2, 1977, Cross was found dead in his home in
Cross was posthumously inducted into the University of San Francisco Dons Hall of Fame (1979),[4] and the Kern County Sports Hall of Fame (1993).[5]
References
- ^ "BasketballReference.com Pete Cross page".
- ^ "Asi es el "Iberia Superstars" que mañana llega a Barcelona" [This is how the "Iberia Superstars", who arrive in Barcelona tomorrow, are [organised]] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 26 January 1975. p. 55. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Lewiston Morning Tribune - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "San Francisco Dons Hall of Fame: Pete Cross". Retrieved 2019-09-08.
- ^ "Kern County Hall of Fame: Pete Cross". Retrieved 2019-09-08.
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