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Don Kojis No. 22, 16, 9, 44, 21 Small forward Personal information Date of birth January 15, 1939 Place of birth Milwaukee, Wisconsin Nationality American High school Notre Dame (Milwaukee) Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Listed weight 202 lb (92 kg) Career information College Marquette NBA Draft 1961 / Round: 2 / Pick: 21st overall Selected by the Chicago Packers Pro career 1963–1975 League NBA Career history 1963–1964 Baltimore Bullets 1964–1966 Detroit Pistons 1966–1967 Chicago Bulls 1967–1970 San Diego Rockets 1970–1972 Seattle SuperSonics 1972–1975 Kansas City-Omaha Kings Career highlights and awards - 2× NBA All-Star (1968, 1969)
Career NBA statistics Points 9,948 (12.2 ppg) Rebounds 4,555 (5.6 rpg) Assists 1,112 (1.4 apg) Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball-Reference.com MedalsCompetitor for United States Men's basketball Pan American Games Gold 1963 São Paulo Team Competition Donald R. Kojis (born July 15, 1939 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a professional basketball player who attended Marquette University and was drafted by the Chicago Packers in the 2nd round (12th pick) of the 1961 NBA Draft. He played Forward for the Baltimore Bullets (1963–64), Detroit Pistons (1964–66), Chicago Bulls (1966–67) (acquired prior to the season via the expansion draft), San Diego Rockets (1967–70) (acquired prior to the 1967-68 season via the expansion draft), Seattle SuperSonics (1970–72) and Kansas City-Omaha Kings (1972–75). Kojis was one of three players ever selected in expansion drafts held in consecutive years (Bob Weiss and George Wilson being the other two) (Wilson was in fact selected in three consecutive expansion drafts). Kojis was also one of a small number of players who played for three expansion teams (Kojis playing for the 1961-62 Packers, the 1966-67 Bulls, and the 1967-68 Rockets).
He was named to the 1968 and 1969 NBA West All-Star Teams.
He holds the Pistons' record for most Field Goal Attempts Per 48 Minutes (25.35).
In 12 seasons he played in 814 Games, had 19,241 Minutes Played, 3,947 Field Goals Made, 8,853 Field Goals Attempted, .446 Field Goal Percentage, 2,054 Free Throws Made, 2,853 Free Throws Attempted, .720 Free Throw Percentage, 4,555 Rebounds, 1,112 Assists, 1,937 Personal Fouls and 9,948 Points.
He played for the United States men's national basketball team at the 1963 FIBA World Championship.[1]
Kojis resides in the San Diego County community of Julian, California as the director of Whispering Winds Catholic Conference Center.
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External links
- Don Kojis at Basketball-Reference.com
- basketpedya.com
1961 NBA Draft First round Walt Bellamy · Tom Stith · Larry Siegfried · Ray Scott · Wayne Yates · Ben Warley · Tom Meschery · Cleo Hill · Gary PhillipsSecond round Whitey Martin · Bob Wiesenhahn · Johnny Egan · Fred Sawyer · Chris Smith · Ted Luckenbill · Ron Horn · Al Butler · Jack Turner · Jerry Graves · York Larese · Don Kojis · Doug Moe · Jeff CohenUnited States squad – 1963 FIBA World Championship – 4th place 1963 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans Dennis Boone • Bennie Coffman • Carney Crisler • Bill Green • Jim Hagan • Don Kojis • Pete McCaffrey • Cleveland McKinney • Dennis Price • Jerry Shipp
Categories:- 1939 births
- United States men's national basketball team members
- Chicago Packers draft picks
- Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973) players
- Basketball players at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Chicago Bulls expansion draft picks
- Chicago Bulls players
- Detroit Pistons players
- Kansas City Kings players
- Living people
- Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Wisconsin
- People from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Phillips 66ers players
- San Diego Rockets expansion draft picks
- San Diego Rockets players
- Seattle SuperSonics players
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs
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