Reggie Lacefield (April 10, 1945 – December 17, 2023) was an American professional basketball player. He spent one season 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, ...

(ABA) as a member of the

Kentucky Colonels The Kentucky Colonels were a member of the American Basketball Association for all of the league's nine years. The name is derived from the historic Kentucky colonels. The Colonels won the most games and had the highest winning percentage of ...

during the 1968–69 season.

Education and career

Lacefield attended Western Michigan University where he was selected in the 12th round (155th overall pick) of the 1968 NBA draft by the

Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...

, but he never played for them. Lacefield played in the

Eastern Basketball Association The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball m ...

(EBA) from 1968 to 1979 for the Wilmington / Delaware Blue Bombers, Hartford Capitols,

Cherry Hill Rookies The Cherry Hill Rookies were an American basketball team based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey that was a member of the Eastern Basketball Association. The team changed its name to the Cherry Hill Pros for the 1974/75 season. In 1974, legendary toug ...

and

Lancaster Red Roses The Lancaster Red Roses baseball team, originally known as the Maroons, changed its name at the start of the 1906 season during a bitter match with the York, Pennsylvania-based White Roses. Some sources indicate that the rival teams were named fo ...

. Lacefield died on December 17, 2023, at the age of 78.

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