Danny Vranes

Danny Vranes

No. 23, 20
Power forward
Personal information
Date of birth	October 29, 1958 (1958-10-29) (age 53)
Place of birth	Salt Lake City, Utah
Nationality	American
High school	Skyline (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College	Utah (1977–1981)
NBA Draft	1981 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Pro career	1981–1992
Career history
1981–1986	Seattle SuperSonics
1986–1988	Philadelphia 76ers
1988–1989	AEK Athens (Greece)
1989–1992	Aresium Milan (Italy)
1992	Cagiva Varese (Italy)
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1985) Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (1981)
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,613 (5.1 ppg)
Rebounds	1,998 (3.9 rpg)
Assists	594 (1.2 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Competitor for  United States Men's basketball Pan American Games Gold 1979 San Juan Team competition

Danny Vranes (born October 29, 1958 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1981 NBA Draft. Vranes led Skyline High School, in Salt Lake City, to the state basketball championship in his senior year (1977). A 6'7" small forward from the University of Utah, Vranes played in 7 NBA seasons with the SuperSonics and Philadelphia 76ers from 1981 to 1988.

In his NBA career, Vranes played in 510 games and scored a total of 2,613 points. His best year as a professional came during the 1983-84 season as a member of the SuperSonics, appearing in 80 games and averaging 8.4 ppg.

He played in Europe for AEK BC, Teorematour Arese and Breeze Milano.

Vranes is a member of the LDS Church.^[1]

External links

• nba.com historical playerfile
• Basketball References
• basketpedya.com

References

1. ^ LDS Church Almanac, 2009 Edition, p. 326

Persondata
Name	Vranes, Danny
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	October 29, 1958
Place of birth	Salt Lake City, Utah
Date of death
Place of death