Corey Beck

Corey Beck

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Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth	May 27, 1971 (1971-05-27) (age 40)
Place of birth	Memphis, Tennessee
Nationality	American
High school	Fairley
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College	Arkansas
Pro career	1995–2001
Career history
Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) (1995, 1996–1997, 1998–1999, 1999–2000) Charlotte Hornets (1995–1996, 1997–1998, 1999) Detroit Pistons (1999) Žalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania) (2000) Memphis Houn'Dawgs (ABA) (2000–2001) Toros de Aragua (Venezuela) (2001) Roseto Basket (Italy) (2001)
Career highlights and awards
NCAA Champion (1994)
Career NBA statistics
Points	241
Assists	123
Rebounds	125
Stats at NBA.com
Medals Men’s basketball Competitor for  United States FIBA Americas Championship Gold 1997 Montevideo National team Goodwill Games Bronze 1994 St. Petersburg National team

Corey Laveon Beck (born May 27, 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a retired American basketball player.

He played collegiately for the University of Arkansas and was a major part of the mid 90's Razorback teams that won one national championship in 1994 and reached the championship game the following year.

He played for the Charlotte Hornets (1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99) and Detroit Pistons (1998–99) in the NBA for 88 games.

He was also under contract with the Chicago Bulls (October 1996), Vancouver Grizzlies (January 1999) and Minnesota Timberwolves (October 2000), but has not played in any NBA regular season games for them. Following his NBA career, he played one season with the Memphis Houn'Dawgs of the ABA.

He also played professionally in Italy for Fila Biella (Serie A2, 2001) and Euro Roseto (Serie A, 2001).^[1]

In September 2007, Beck and a friend were shot during an attempted robbery on them in Memphis. Beck was shot in the hand and face and was initially listed in critical condition following the shooting, but later improved.^[2]

References

1. ^ Official Serie A page on Beck
2. ^ ESPN: Ex-Arkansas guard Beck recovering from gunshot

External links

• Corey Beck at Basketball-Reference.com

Persondata
Name	Beck, Corey
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 27, 1971
Place of birth	Memphis, Tennessee
Date of death
Place of death