Guy Manning (born February 4, 1944) was an American

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player. He was born in

Oakwood, Texas Oakwood is a town in Leon and Freestone counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 389 at the 2020 census. It was founded in 1872 as a stop on the International Railroad. Geography Oakwood is located in northeastern Leon County ...

. Manning played college basketball at

Prairie View A&M University Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU or PV) is a public historically black land-grant university in Prairie View, Texas. Founded in 1876, it is one of Texas's two land-grant universities and the second oldest public institution of higher learnin ...

from 1962 through 1966. He was elected to membership in the Prairie View A&M University Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. Manning was drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in the 10th round of the 1966 NBA draft. He played professional basketball in the

American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...

, prior to the

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, with the

Houston Mavericks The Houston Mavericks were a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA). They played in the upstart league's first two seasons, from 1967 to 1969. Their home arena was the Sam Houston Coliseum. In 1947–48, there was an unrela ...

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External links

Basketball-Reference.com Guy Manning page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manning, Guy 1944 births Living people American men's basketball players Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973) draft picks Basketball players from Texas Houston Mavericks players People from Oakwood, Texas Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball players Small forwards