George Lehmann

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Lehmann played only one year of high school basketball as a freshman.[1] He played basketball at Campbell Junior College (now Campbell University) during the 1959–60 season and was third in the nation in scoring amongst junior college players.[2] He transferred to Wake Forest University and played on the freshman team during the 1960–61 season.[2] In April 1961, Lehmann was expelled by Wake Forest for an honor code violation.[2]

Lehmann started his professional career in the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL) with the Sunbury Mercuries during the 1962–63 season.[3] He was invited to training camp by the St. Louis Hawks in 1963 but declined to move because his family lived in Camden, New Jersey.[4] Lehmann was purchased by the Allentown Jets five games into the 1963–64 season.[4] He was traded to the Trenton Colonials in 1964,[5] and then spent the following three seasons with the team.[1] Lehmann was selected to the All-EPBL Second Team in 1967.[6]

Lehmann played in the NBA and ABA from 1967 to 1974 as a member of the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Stars, New York Nets, Miami Floridians, Carolina Cougars, Memphis Pros, and Memphis Tams. He averaged 11.9 points per game and 4.5 assists per game in his professional career and holds the ABA's third best career three-point field goal percentage (.365).[7] Lehmann was the first professional basketball player to make more than 40% of his three-point attempts in a season, which he did in 1970–71.[8]

After retiring as a player, Lehmann hosted basketball clinics,[9] worked for Pony Shoes,[10] and owned a T-shirt business.[11] His children, Nicole and Todd, played college basketball at North Carolina State University and Drexel University, respectively.[12][13]

Lehmann died on November 8, 2024, at the age of 83.[14]

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
 *  Led the league

NBA

Source[7]

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1967–68 St. Louis 55 9.0 .343 .814 .8 1.7 2.8
1968–69 Atlanta 11 12.5 .388 .667 .8 2.5 5.5
Template:Abay L.A. Stars (ABA) 32 29.3 .415 .350 .805 2.3 5.0 18.9
Template:Abay L.A. Stars (ABA) 10 23.7 .295 .250 .917 1.2 2.8 11.6
Template:Abay N.Y. Nets (ABA) 46 14.8 .370 .325 .862 .8 2.3 7.5
Template:Abay Miami (ABA) 25 43.1 .405 .329 .815 2.8 5.0 17.9
Template:Abay Carolina (ABA) 83 35.2 .451 .403* .836 2.4 5.6 17.3
Template:Abay Carolina (ABA) 38 36.8 .499 .392 .897 1.9 7.8 16.0
Template:Abay Memphis (ABA) 15 34.8 .375 .297 .839 1.8 7.7 15.8
Template:Abay Memphis (ABA) 28 26.9 .396 .388 .824 1.2 5.4 9.9
Template:Abay Memphis (ABA) 33 16.8 .384 .360 .947 1.1 3.5 .4 .1 5.2
Career (NBA) 66 9.6 .356 .782 .8 1.8 3.2
Career (ABA) 310 29.3 .422 .365 .845 1.8 5.0 .4 .1 13.7
Career (overall) 376 25.8 .418 .365 .841 1.6 4.5 .4 .1 11.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1968 St. Louis 1 2.0 .000 – .0 2.0 .0

Notes

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  8. ↑ Bill Hass. "Roots of 3-pointer in wide open ABA". Greensboro News and Record. 3 March 1991.
  9. ↑ Bill Buchalter. "Shooting clinic free to basketball players". The Orlando Sentinel. 15 October 1991.
  10. ↑ Jeff White. "Hoop wizards stress need for discipline". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 14 December 1988.
  11. ↑ Leonard Laye. "Notable Cougars". The Charlotte Observer. 19 March 2003.
  12. ↑ Lou Misselhorn. "Catching up with ------Nicole Lehmann Tharrington". Burlington County Times. 23 January 2005.
  13. ↑ Ted Silary. "It's in the genes: Like his father, Lehmann is able to score from long range". Philadelphia Daily News. 21 November 1989.
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