Stan Love (basketball)

Stanley (Stan) S. Love (born April 9 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American basketball player. A 6' 9" forward, Love graduated from Morningside High School,cite web |url=http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LOVEST01 |title=Stan Love |accessdate=2007-09-17] Inglewood, California, then played collegiately for the University of Oregon Ducks from 1968 to 1971, and was the 9th pick in the 1971 NBA Draft, chosen by the Baltimore Bullets. He had a four-year professional career with Baltimore and the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, and the San Antonio Spurs, then of the American Basketball Association. He retired from the sport in 1975. Love was inducted into the University of Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994.

Love is the father of basketball player Kevin Love, and the younger brother of Beach Boys founding member Mike Love. He is the cousin of Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, and Dennis Wilson. [cite web|title=Love shows skills, poise at shootout|publisher=St. Paul Pioneer Press|author=Tim Leighton|date=Jan 7, 2007|url=http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/16401116.htm]

Love currently resides in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Notes and references

* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lovest01.html BasketballReference.com: Stan Love]
* [http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=248075 U of O Athletics Hall of Fame: Stan Love]
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news?slug=cnnsi-resilientducks&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns Seth Davis, "Resilient Ducks"] . "Sports Illustrated" (SI.com) Jan 9, 2007
* [http://www.btinternet.com/~bellagio/1981.html]
*Carlin, Peter Ames. Catch A Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. 1st. Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2006.