Steve Sheppard
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | March 21, 1954||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | DeWitt Clinton (New York City, New York) | ||||||||||||||
College | Maryland (1974–1977) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1977: 2nd round, 30th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Chicago Bulls | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1977–1980 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
Number | 41, 10, 27 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
1977–1979 | Chicago Bulls | ||||||||||||||
1979 | Detroit Pistons | ||||||||||||||
1979–1980 | Eldorado Roma | ||||||||||||||
Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Steven Bernard Sheppard (born March 21, 1954) is an American former basketball player from New York City, who was nicknamed "Bear".
A 6'6" forward from the University of Maryland, Sheppard participated on the United States national basketball team which won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Sheppard was then selected by the Chicago Bulls as the eighth pick in the second round of the 1977 NBA draft. In two NBA seasons (1977–1979) with the Bulls and Detroit Pistons, Sheppard scored 367 points and grabbed 178 rebounds.
References
[edit]- Career statistics at basketball-reference.com
- sports-reference
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from New York City
- Chicago Bulls draft picks
- Chicago Bulls players
- Detroit Pistons players
- DeWitt Clinton High School alumni
- Maryland Terrapins men's basketball players
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- Small forwards
- Virtus Roma players
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs