- Roger Brown
Roger A. Brown (born
May 22 ,1942 inBrooklyn ,New York –March 4 1997 ) was an American professionalbasketball player. A 6'5" forward/guard, Brown starred at Brooklyn's Wingate High School and signed to play for theUniversity of Dayton in 1960, but he was banned from theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) andNational Basketball Association (NBA) when it was revealed that while still in High School and along with fellow Brooklyn starConnie Hawkins , he had been introduced to a gambler, Jack Molinas, who was involved in illegal point shaving. Roger was never accused of point shaving and his only crime was associating with Molinas. With the NCAA and NBA ban in place, he continued to play basketball in Dayton's amateur leagues, and in 1967 Brown signed with theAmerican Basketball Association (ABA)'sIndiana Pacers . During his eight-year (1967-1975) ABA career, spent with the Pacers,Utah Stars , andMemphis Sounds , he scored 10,498 points, appeared as an ABA All-Star four times, and earned three ABA Championship rings. He died of liver cancer in 1997.Brown is one of four players (the others are
Reggie Miller ,George McGinnis , andMel Daniels ) to have his jersey (#35) retired by the Pacers.External links
* [http://basketball-reference.com/players/b/brownro01.html Career Stats] "@ basketball-reference.com"
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Brown&GSfn=Roger&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=19845& Roger Brown] "@ Find A Grave"
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