- Gerald Govan
Gerald Govan (born
January 2 ,1942 inJersey City, New Jersey ) is a retired American professionalbasketball player.Govan played high school basketball at
Henry Snyder High School in Jersey City. [ [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/govange01.html Gerald Govan] , Basketball-Reference.com. AccessedDecember 13 ,2007 .]A 6'10" forward/center from
St. Mary of the Plains College , Govan spent nine years (1967–1976) in the now-defunctAmerican Basketball Association , playing for theNew Orleans Buccaneers ,Memphis Pros ,Utah Stars , andVirginia Squires . He tallied 5,251 career points and 7,119 careerrebound s, and he appeared in the 1970 ABAAll-Star Game.Govan is one of only six players to have participated in each of the original ABA's nine seasons of existence. The others are
Freddie Lewis ,Byron Beck ,Stew Johnson ,Bob Netolicky , andLouie Dampier .References
External links
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/govange01.html Career stats] at [http://www.basketball-reference.com/ http://www.basketball-reference.com/]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.