Nick Levoter Weatherspoon (July 20, 1950 – October 17, 2008)
was an American professional
basketball
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player.
Career
Weatherspoon, nicknamed "Spoon", scored 1,431 points at
Canton McKinley High School
McKinley Senior High School is a public high school in Canton, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Canton City School District and has two campuses: Downtown Campus (mostly known as Early College High School or Timken High ...
, holding the Bulldog scoring record for 37 years until Raymar Morgan broke it during the 2005–06 season. He was an
All-American at the
University of Illinois
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before being selected by the
Capital Bullets
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with the 13th pick of the
1973 NBA draft
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. Named to the 1974
NBA All-Rookie Team
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, Weatherspoon spent a total of seven seasons in the NBA with the Bullets, the
Seattle SuperSonics
The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly known as the Seattle Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Confe ...
, the
Chicago Bulls
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, and the
San Diego Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division in the league's Western Conference. The Clipper ...
.
Weatherspoon was elected to the "
Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. He was a member of
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, and was initiated in the Fraternity through Tau Chapter in 1971.
Honors
Basketball
* 1972 - Team MVP
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* 1972 - Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
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* 1973 - Team Captain
* 1973 - Team MVP
* 1973 - 1st Team All-Big Ten
* 1973 - Honorable Mention All American
* 2004 - Elected to the " Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team".
* 2008 - Honored as one of the thirty-three honored jerseys which hang in the State Farm Center to show regard for being the most decorated basketball players in the University of Illinois' history.
Career statistics
NBA
Regular season
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Playoffs
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It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
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Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 ...
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College
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References
External links
College stats
at Sports-Reference.com
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1950 births
2008 deaths
African-American basketball players
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Mississippi
Capital Bullets draft picks
Capital Bullets players
Chicago Bulls players
Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players
Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
People from Greenwood, Mississippi
San Diego Clippers players
Seattle SuperSonics players
Small forwards
Basketball players from Canton, Ohio
Washington Bullets players
20th-century African-American sportspeople
21st-century African-American people