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Pete Cross
Personal information
Born(1948-03-28)March 28, 1948
DiedJanuary 2, 1977(1977-01-02) (aged 28)
Redmond, Washington, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High schoolBakersfield (Bakersfield, California)
CollegeSan Francisco (1967–1970)
NBA draft1970: 2nd round, 23rd overall pick
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
PositionPower forward / center
Number41
Career history
1970–1972Seattle SuperSonics
1972Kansas City-Omaha Kings
1972–1973Seattle SuperSonics
1975Iberia Superstars
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-WCAC (1969, 1970)
  • Second-team All-WCAC (1968)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Peter Michael Cross (March 28, 1948 – January 2, 1977) was an American basketball player. Cross was drafted in the second round of the 1970 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. He played for Seattle as well as the Kansas City-Omaha Kings in the NBA. He played college basketball for the San Francisco Dons.

Career

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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,[1] and the Kentucky Colonels in the 1970 American Basketball Association draft.[2]

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.[3]

Death

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On January 2, 1977, Cross was found dead in his home in Redmond, Washington. His wife, Cynthia Cross, said that he had epileptic seizures. He was 28.[4]

Cross was posthumously inducted into the University of San Francisco Dons Hall of Fame (1979),[5] and the Kern County Sports Hall of Fame (1993).[6]

Career statistics

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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

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Source[1]

Regular season

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Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1970–71 Seattle 79 27.8 .442 .690 12.0 1.4 8.0
1971–72 Seattle 74 19.2 .428 .736 6.9 .9 5.5
1972–73 Kansas City-Omaha 3 8.0 .000 – 1.3 .0 .0
1972–73 Seattle 26 5.1 .286 .444 2.2 .4 .8
Career 182 20.7 .431 .695 8.3 1.0 5.8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pete Cross NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  2. ^ "Kentucky Colonels Draft Picks 1968-1976 (9 seasons)". Retro Seasons. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "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. January 26, 1975. p. 55. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "Lewiston Morning Tribune - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  5. ^ "San Francisco Dons Hall of Fame: Pete Cross". Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "Kern County Hall of Fame: Pete Cross". Retrieved September 8, 2019.
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