Grady Lewis
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| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Boyd, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Peoria, Arizona, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
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| Playing career | 1939–1949 |
| PositionTemplate:Pluralize from text | Forward / center |
| Number | 66, 7, 6, 35, 13 |
| Coaching career | 1958–1960 |
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| Points | 750 (5.4 ppg) |
| Assists | 132 (0.9 apg) |
Grady William Lewis (March 25, 1917 – March 11, 2009) was an American professional basketball player.
He played college basketball for the Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs and Oklahoma Sooners.[1][2] Lewis played four seasons with the Phillips 66 Oilers of the AAU, and three seasons (1946–1949) in the Basketball Association of America as a member of the Detroit Falcons, St. Louis Bombers, and Baltimore Bullets. He averaged 5.4 points per game in his career and won a league championship with Baltimore in 1948. Lewis also was a member of two AAU national championship teams with Phillips 66 (1940, 1946).
Lewis coached the St. Louis Bombers during the 1948–49 and 1949–50 seasons. He then worked for the Converse shoe company. Lewis went on to invent the Converse All Stars shoe, although he did not get recognition as the famous Marketer Chuck Taylor was accredited due to his popular name.[3] Lewis was inducted into the Southwestern Oklahoma State Hall of Fame in 1970.[1]
BAA 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 |
| † | Won an NBA championship |
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946–47 | Detroit | 60 | .204 | .543 | .9 | 4.8 |
| 1947–48 | St. Louis | 24 | .248 | .667 | .5 | 6.9 |
| 1947–48† | Baltimore | 21 | .294 | .619 | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| 1948–49 | St. Louis | 34 | .387 | .600 | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| Career | 139 | .252 | .595 | .9 | 5.4 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948† | Baltimore | 11 | .211 | .759 | .8 | 6.2 |
| Career | 11 | .211 | .759 | .8 | 6.2 | |
Head coaching record
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | 1948–49 | 60 | 29 | 31 | .483 | 4th in BAA Western | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Lost in Division Semifinal |
| St. Louis | 1949–50 | 68 | 26 | 42 | .382 | 5th in NBA Central | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| Career | 128 | 55 | 73 | .430 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | |||
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Grady Lewis". Southwestern Oklahoma State University Athletics. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sooners Change Starting Team". Miami News-Record. February 19, 1943. p. 4. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ Andy Taylor. "Retired Converse exec with Caney connection dies". Montgomery County Chronicle. March 18, 2009. Retrieved on March 19, 2009.
External links
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