Westley Sissel Unseld Sr. (March 14, 1946June 2, 2020) was an American professional
basketball
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player, coach and executive. He spent his entire
National Basketball Association
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(NBA) career with the
Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets. Unseld played
college basketball
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for the
Louisville Cardinals
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and was selected with the second overall pick by the Bullets in the
1968 NBA draft. He was named the
NBA Most Valuable Player
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and
NBA Rookie of the Year
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during his rookie season and joined
Wilt Chamberlain as the only two players in NBA history to accomplish the feat. Unseld won an
NBA championship
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with the Bullets in
1978. After retiring from playing in 1981,
he worked with the Bullets/Wizards as a vice president, head coach, and general manager.
Unseld was inducted into the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988 and the
National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. His son,
Wes Unseld Jr., is a coach in the NBA who is currently the head coach of the Wizards.
Early life and high school career
Unseld was born in
Louisville, Kentucky
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, to Charles and Cornelia Unseld as one of nine children.
His father was a
prizefighter, construction worker, oilman, and
baseball
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player for the
Indianapolis Clowns
The Indianapolis Clowns were a professional baseball team in the Negro American League. Tracing their origins back to the 1930s, the Clowns were the last of the Negro league teams to disband, continuing to play exhibition games into the 1980s. The ...
.
Unseld starred for the
Seneca High School team that won
Kentucky state championships in 1963 and 1964. He was recruited by over 100 colleges, and became the first African-American athlete to be offered an athletic scholarship to the
University of Kentucky
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in
Lexington
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Places England
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Canada
* Lexington, a district in Waterloo, Ontario
United States
* Lexington, Kentucky, the largest city with this name
* Lexington, Massachusetts, the oldes ...
.
Integration leaders in Louisville tried to persuade Unseld to attend the University of Kentucky and stated that "it would be good for Kentucky and the
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities o ...
," but Unseld opted to stay in town and attend the
University of Louisville
The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one ...
, which was
racially integrated
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.
College career
Unseld played center for the school's freshman team and averaged 35.8 points and 23.6 rebounds over 14 games. He lettered for Louisville as a sophomore (1965–66), junior (1966–67), and senior (1967–68), scored 1,686 points (20.6 average) and grabbed 1,551 rebounds (18.9 average) over 82 games. He led the
Missouri Valley Conference in rebounding all three years.
Unseld earned
NCAA All-American honors in
1967 and
1968
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Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
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and led Louisville to a 60–22 record during his collegiate career, making trips to the
National Invitation Tournament
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(NIT) in
1966 and the
NCAA tournament in
1967 and
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
. He was a member of
Alpha Phi Alpha
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fraternity.
Professional career
Unseld was selected as the second overall pick by the
Baltimore Bullets in the
1968 NBA draft.
He was also selected by his hometown
Kentucky Colonels of 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 American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, leading to four A ...
(ABA) in the 1968 ABA draft.
Unseld was offered contracts by both teams but opted to sign with the Bullets of the more successful NBA despite them allegedly offering less money.
After signing Unseld, Bullets owner
Earl Foreman proclaimed that "this contract represents the most attractive and rewarding contract that has or will be signed by any player in the NBA this year."
In his first regular season game, Unseld recorded eight points and 22 rebounds in a 124–116 Baltimore win over the
Detroit Pistons. On October 19, Unseld recorded his first double-double of his career after recording 13 points and 20 rebounds in a 124–121 loss to the
Philadelphia 76ers. On November 22, Unseld recorded 20 points and a career-high 29 rebounds in a 121–110 loss to the 76ers.
As a rookie, Unseld helped lead the Bullets (which had finished in last place in the Eastern division the previous year) to a record and a division title. Unseld averaged
18.2 rebounds per game that year, and joined fellow future Hall of Famer
Wilt Chamberlain to become the second player ever to win the
Rookie of the Year Award
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In contrast with a veteran who has experience and expertise, a rookie is usually inexperienced ...
and the
Most Valuable Player Award in the same year.
Unseld was also named to the
NBA All-Rookie First Team
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, and also claimed the ''
Sporting News'' MVP that year.
Unseld was one of the best defensive players of his era, and in the , he led the NBA in rebounding. The following season, he led the NBA in field goal percentage with a .561 percentage.
First with star ball-handler
Earl Monroe and renowned two-way player
Gus Johnson, and later with dominant center-turned-power-forward
Elvin Hayes and experienced wing
Bob Dandridge, Unseld played a key role in the Bullets making four
NBA Finals
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appearances from 1971 to 1979, and won the championship in
1978 over the
Seattle SuperSonics, in which he was named the Finals MVP. He ended his playing career in March
1981,
[ and his No. 41 jersey was retired by the Bullets shortly thereafter.]
Player profile
Famed for his rebounding, bone-jarring picks and ability to ignite a fast break with his crisp, accurate outlet passes, Unseld made up for his lack of height as a center with brute strength and sheer determination. In 984 NBA games – all with the Bullets – Unseld averaged a double-double in points and rebounds, with averages of 10.8 points and 14.0 rebounds per game. He also averaged 3.9 assists, excellent for a center, in the 36 minutes he played per game. Unseld was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988, and in 1996, he was named as one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players of all time. In 2021, he was named on the NBA 75th Anniversary Team
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.
Executive and coaching career
After Unseld's retirement in 1981, he moved into a front office position with the Bullets, where he served as vice president for six years before being named head coach in 1988. He resigned following the 1994 season with a 202–345 record (.369). Unseld became the Bullets' general manager in 1996 (they were renamed to the Wizards in 1997) and served in that role for seven years. He guided the team to the playoffs once during his tenure as general manager.
Personal life
Unseld's wife, Connie, opened Unselds School in 1979. A coed
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private school
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Music
* " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation''
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located in southwest Baltimore
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, it has a daycare program, nursery school
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and a kindergarten
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-to-eighth grade
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curriculum. Connie and daughter Kimberly serve as teachers at the school. Unseld worked as an office manager and head basketball coach. He was the godfather of Cleveland Cavaliers all-star forward, Kevin Love, as Kevin's father Stan Love was a teammate of Unseld's on the Baltimore Bullets. His son, Wes Unseld Jr., is a coach in the NBA who became the head coach of the Wizards in 2021.
Death
Unseld died on June 2, 2020, after suffering lengthy health battles.
NBA career statistics
Playing
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This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
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* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
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The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
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Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
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Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
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See also
* List of National Basketball Association career rebounding leaders
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* List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders
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* List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area
* List of University of Louisville people
The following is a list of people associated with the University of Louisville.
Notable alumni
Arts and entertainment
* Harriette Simpson Arnow ( BS 1930) – former author, best known for ''The Dollmaker''
* Terry Bisson ( BA 1964) – cont ...
References
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1946 births
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