Gene Short
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| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Macon, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Blair (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Jackson State (1972–1975) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1975: Script error: No such module "Ordinal". round, Script error: No such module "Ordinal". overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | New York Knicks | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1975–1976 | ||||||||||||||
| PositionTemplate:Pluralize from text | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||
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Eugene Short Jr. (August 7, 1953 – March 16, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. He was a 6'6" 200 lb small forward and attended Jackson State University.[1]
Short was from Hattiesburg, Mississippi.[2] He was selected 9th overall by the NBA's New York Knicks in the 1975 NBA draft. In the previous year he was selected by the American Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs in the fifth round of the 1974 ABA Draft.
He played for the US national team in the 1974 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.[3]
He played for the Seattle SuperSonics and New York Knicks (1975–76) in the NBA for 34 games.
Eugene was the older brother of Purvis Short, another onetime NBA player.[4]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
NBA
Source[5]
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975–76 | Seattle | 7 | 5.3 | .545 | .500 | 1.0 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 1.9 | |
| 1975–76 | New York | 27 | 0 | 6.9 | .325 | .633 | 1.5 | .3 | .3 | .1 | 2.6 |
| Career | 34 | 0 | 6.5 | .352 | .625 | 1.4 | .3 | .2 | .1 | 2.5 | |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former NBA player and Hattiesburg High graduate passes away". Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sewell, George A.; Dwight, Margaret L. (June 2009). Mississippi Black History Makers. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-60473-390-7.
- ^ 1974 USA Basketball Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Senate Concurrent Resolution 585". State of Mississippi. 2000. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gene Short NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
External links
- Career statistics from Basketball ReferenceTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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