Edward Horst Leede (July 17, 1927 – February 24, 2018) was an American former professional
basketball player. Leede was selected in the third round in the
1949 BAA Draft by the
Providence Steamrollers. He played for the
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of t ...
, however, during his two-year BAA/NBA career.
Dartmouth College, his alma mater, named
their basketball arena after him. He would earn an MBA at
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...
.
He died on February 24, 2018, at the age of 90.
Edward Leede, Dartmouth Basketball’s First 1,000-Point Scorer and Namesake for Current Arena, Dies at 90
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1927 births
2018 deaths
American men's basketball coaches
American men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from New York (state)
Basketball players from New York City
Bayside High School (Queens) alumni
Boston Celtics players
College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball players
Forwards (basketball)
Guards (basketball)
MIT Engineers men's basketball coaches
Providence Steamrollers draft picks
Sportspeople from Queens, New York
Harvard Business School alumni