Owen Wells (basketball)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. | December 9, 1950
Died | April 27, 1993 | (aged 42)
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | English (Boston, Massachusetts) |
College | Detroit Mercy (1971–1974) |
NBA draft | 1974: 5th round, 77th overall pick |
Selected by the Houston Rockets | |
Playing career | 1974–1985 |
Position | Small forward |
Number | 30 |
Career history | |
1974–1975 | Houston Rockets |
1975–1978 | Kinzo Amstelveen |
1978–1979 | Sinudyne Bologna |
1979–1980 | Kinzo Amstelveen |
1980–1981 | Newcastle Falcons |
1982–1983 | Sydney SuperSonics |
1984–1985 | Tampa Bay Thrillers |
1985 | Rhode Island Gulls |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Owen Wells (December 9, 1950 – April 27, 1993) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'7" forward, he attended the University of Detroit Mercy and went to English High School in Boston, Massachusetts. Wells played 33 games for the Houston Rockets during the 1974-75 NBA season, averaging 3.0 points per game.
Wells also had a stint in Australia's National Basketball League with the Sydney Supersonics, during which time he won the NBL Most Valuable Player award in 1983.
Wells died in 1993 after suffering a stroke.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Bob Ryan. "Wells was a fine ballplayer and a world-class citizen; Former English star expanded horizons". Boston Globe. April 30, 1993. 81.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
Categories:
- 1950 births
- 1993 deaths
- American expatriate basketball people in Australia
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Providence, Rhode Island
- Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball players
- Houston Rockets draft picks
- Houston Rockets players
- Newcastle Falcons (basketball) players
- Small forwards
- Tampa Bay Thrillers players
- Virtus Bologna players
- BV Amstelveen players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs