Henry Lee Logan (born March 14, 1946) was an American

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player. Logan was a 6'0" guard.Henry Logan page at DatabaseBasketball.com

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Amateur

He played high school basketball at Stephens-Lee High School in

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. After high school Logan became the first African-American collegiate basketball player in the history of North Carolina and perhaps at any predominantly white institution in the southeastern United States when he enrolled at and played basketball for

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The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees wrote that Logan was “the first African-American basketball player to be recruited by and play for a predominantly white institution in the Southeast". At WCU Logan scored 60 points in a game against Atlantic Christian in 1967, and he holds the record for most points in a season (1,049), a career (3,290) and highest career points average (30.7). Logan led the nation in scoring for the 1967–68 season, when he averaged 36.2 points a game. Logan helped the United States take the gold medal in the 1967 Pan American Games.

Professional

Logan was drafted in the fourth round of the 1968 NBA Draft by the

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. He was also drafted by the Oakland Oaks in the 1968 ABA Draft. Logan played for the Oakland Oaks in the 1968-69 ABA season, when the Oaks won the 1969 ABA Championship.RememberTheABA.com 1968-69 Season page
Playing in 76 games, Logan scored 947 points for an average of 12.5 points per game. He increased that to an average of 13.6 points per game during the playoffs. During the 1969–1970 season Logan played for the ABA's

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. He played in 32 games, scoring 311 points for an average of 9.7 points per game. Despite averaging 11.6 points per game throughout his professional career, his 1969–70 season with the Washington Caps was Logan's final full professional season. He did appear in one game, briefly, for the

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during the

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, scoring one point on a free throw. In 2000, the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame inducted Logan as member of its 37th class. Others in his induction class included

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head basketball coach

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and

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owner Jerry Richardson.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Logan, Henry 1946 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1967 Pan American Games Basketball players from North Carolina Oakland Oaks players Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in basketball Point guards Seattle SuperSonics draft picks Shooting guards Sportspeople from Asheville, North Carolina Virginia Squires players Washington Caps players Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball players Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games