- George Irvine
George R. "Hawkeye" Irvine (born
February 1 1948 inSeattle, Washington ) is a retired American professionalbasketball player and coach. A 6'6" forward, Irvine played collegiately at theUniversity of Washington and selected by theSeattle SuperSonics in the 8th round of the1970 NBA Draft . However, he never played for his hometown SuperSonics, nor for any other NBA team. Instead, Irvine opted to play for theAmerican Basketball Association 'sVirginia Squires , where he played for five seasons. He briefly played a sixth season with theDenver Nuggets , still in the ABA at the time, and retired from basketball after the 1975-76 season.Irvine would later serve as head coach for two NBA teams; the
Indiana Pacers , for two stints, and theDetroit Pistons .External links
* [http://www.basketball.org/experts/george-bio/ George Irvine's Current Project: Basketball.org George Irvine Bio] at "Basketball.org"
* [http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=IrvinGe01 George Irvine playing statistics] at "databasebasketball.com"
* [http://www.nba.com/coachfile/george_irvine/index.html?nav=page George Irvine Coach Info] at "NBA.com"
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