Walt Simon

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Other people". Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Walter John Simon (December 1, 1939 – October 10, 1997) was an American basketball player. A 6'6" small forward from Benedict College, he played seven seasons (1967–1974) in the American Basketball Association for the New Jersey Americans/New York Nets and Kentucky Colonels. He appeared in the 1969 ABA All-Star Game, and he scored 6,414 career points. Simon is the only alumnus of Benedict College to play professionally at the ABA or NBA level.

Initially undrafted by the NBA out of college, Simon starred for six seasons in the minor league Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL) for the Allentown Jets before moving to the ABA. In the EBPL, Simon was named league MVP in 1964 and averaged 24.4 points and 9.4 rebounds per game over his 167-game EPBL career[1] - leading the league in scoring once (1964–65) and finishing second in scoring twice (1963–64 and 1966–67). He won EPBL championships with the Jets in 1962,[2] 1963[3] and 1965.[4]

After retiring from basketball, he went on to work for John Y. Brown, Jr. (who had owned the Kentucky Colonels with his wife, Ellie Brown) at Kentucky Fried Chicken.[5] Simon became the first black Vice President of a Fortune 500 Company.

Born in Delcambre, Louisiana, Simon left a wife, Marge Simon, and three children: Michael, Chris, and Geanai.[6]

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

ABA

Source[7]

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Template:Abay New Jersey 78 32.3 .453 .067 .635 6.7 2.7 13.3
Template:Abay New York 68 40.4 .440 .222 .695 8.1 3.4 21.1
Template:Abay New York 81 33.3 .441 .050 .749 5.9 3.6 14.3
Template:Abay Kentucky 84 16.8 .474 .091 .641 3.8 1.9 7.7
Template:Abay Kentucky 67 16.6 .524 .100 .699 3.5 2.0 8.9
Template:Abay Kentucky 83 29.0 .482 .176 .749 4.8 4.0 .8 .3 12.2
Template:Abay Kentucky 80 14.6 .474 .154 .838 2.6 1.5 .5 .1 6.6
Career 541 26.0 .462 .133 .704 5.0 2.7 .7 .2 11.9
All-Star 1 1 21.0 .727 – .667 4.0 1.0 18.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1970 New York 7 31.7 .500 .000 .821 7.6 3.0 14.4
1971 Kentucky 19 20.3 .452 .000 .694 5.1 2.7 9.2
1972 Kentucky 6 16.5 .410 – .875 2.0 .5 6.5
1973 Kentucky 19 33.6 .444 .000 .871 4.9 4.2 11.1
1974 Kentucky 8 11.3 .400 .000 1.000 1.1 .9 .5 .4 3.8
Career 59 24.3 .449 .000 .788 4.5 2.7 .5 .4 9.4

References

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  5. ↑ Jet magazine, August 29, 1974, Vol. 46, No. 23, p.26
  6. ↑ Walt Simon, 56, Star Player in the A.B.A.
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External links

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