Johnny Harold "Sky" High (April 25, 1957 – June 13, 1987) was an American professional

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player for the

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of the

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. He spent four seasons with Phoenix and missed only one game in his first three years."Johnny High."
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, High attended high school at Birmingham's Jones Valley High School. He went on to play

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and

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and was selected by Phoenix in the second round of the 1979 NBA draft. As of February 2018, he is the last Nevada Wolf Pack player to achieve a triple double in a game. During an NBA game against

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on January 28, 1981, High recorded nine steals. High died in an early-morning automobile accident on June 13, 1987 in

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