Gene Short
- March 16, 2016
- 62 years
About Gene Short
Gene Short, 62, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, New York Knicks), bronze medalist at the 1974 FIBA World Championship.
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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.
Short was from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 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.
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.
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