Gerald McKee (born August 4, 1946) is an American former

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player. After an all-conference college career at

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, he played briefly in the original

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(ABA). McKee, a 6'3

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, played for Dunbar High School in

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where in 1965 he was named to the All-Ohio team. He then chose to play college basketball for the Ohio University Bobcats. McKee was named to the All-

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team for each of his three seasons for the Bobcats, twice earning second-team honors and securing a first-team nod as a senior in 1969. For his career, McKee scored 1,310 points (an average of 18.7

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). Following his college career, McKee was drafted in both the NBA and ABA drafts. The Baltimore Bullets chose him in the eleventh round of the

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while the

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selected him from the ABA. McKee chose the Pacers, but his ABA career only lasted one game, as he recorded a missed shot and a turnover in three minutes of action on October 17, 1969 against the

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. He later played minor league basketball for the International Basketball Association.

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