Dave Stallworth
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Dave_Stallworth_1971.JPG/220px-Dave_Stallworth_1971.JPG) Stallworth in 1971
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Born
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1941-12-20
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December 20, 1941
Dallas, Texas
, U.S.
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Died
| March 15, 2017
(2017-03-15)
(aged 75)
Wichita, Kansas
, U.S.
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Listed height
| 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
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Listed weight
| 200 lb (91 kg)
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High school
| James Madison
(Dallas, Texas)
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College
| Wichita State
(1962?1965)
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NBA draft
| 1965
: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
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Selected by the
New York Knicks
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Playing career
| 1965?1974
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Position
| Power forward
/
center
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Number
| 9, 42
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1965
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1972
| New York Knicks
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1972
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1974
| Baltimore / Capital Bullets
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1974
| New York Knicks
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Points
| 4,860 (9.3 ppg)
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Rebounds
| 2,453 (4.7 rpg)
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Assists
| 872 (1.7 apg)
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Stats
at NBA.com
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Stats
at Basketball-Reference.com
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David A. Stallworth
(December 20, 1941 ? March 15, 2017) was an American professional
basketball
player. He played in the
National Basketball Association
(NBA) for eight seasons and was a member of the
New York Knicks
' 1969?70 championship-winning team.
College career
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Stallworth at Wichita State.
A 6'7"
forward
/
center
from Dallas'
Madison High School
, Stallworth graduated in 1961 and attended
Wichita State University
. In his three seasons with the
Shockers
, he set 18 school records, including the highest career point per game average (24.2). Stallworth helped the team reach the
1964 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
, the school's first appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and was named to the
All-American
team twice.
[1]
He earned the nickname "Dave the Rave" while playing at Wichita State.
[1]
NBA career
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In the
1965 NBA draft
, Stallworth was selected in the first round by the
New York Knicks
, with the third overall pick.
[2]
Stallworth played eight seasons (1965?1967; 1969?1975) in the NBA as a member of the Knicks and
Baltimore/Capital Bullets
. He averaged 9.3
points per game
in his career and won a league championship with New York in 1970.
[3]
Stallworth's play for the Knicks in the 1969?70 season came after he had suffered a heart attack in March 1967, during his second season in the NBA;
[4]
he had posted a scoring average of 12.6 points per game the previous season. Following a period as a coach for a Wichita-based amateur team, Stallworth was told by his doctor that he could return to playing.
[5]
A back-up on the 1969?70 Knicks, Stallworth was forced into action in Game 5 of the
1970 NBA Finals
after
Willis Reed
was injured early. He was assigned to cover
Los Angeles Lakers
star
Wilt Chamberlain
, and aided in holding him in check when on defense. In a game that the Knicks won after trailing by 16, Stallworth made a reverse layup after driving to the basket on Chamberlain in the final minutes; Wayne Coffey, a
New York Daily News
journalist and writer called it "one of the single most dramatic moments of the season."
[6]
Stallworth was traded along with
Mike Riordan
and an undisclosed amount of cash to the Baltimore Bullets for
Earl Monroe
on November 11, 1971.
[7]
He averaged 11.4 points per game and 6.2 rebounds per game in his 64 appearances for the Bullets in 1971?72, but his statistics declined over the next two seasons and the Bullets traded him to the
Phoenix Suns
in 1974. Stallworth was released by the Suns without playing for the team, and he returned to the Knicks for the 1974?75 season, playing in seven games.
[3]
NBA career statistics
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Regular season
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Playoffs
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Personal
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After his playing career ended, Stallworth was employed in
Wichita, Kansas
by
Boeing
.
[8]
References
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- ^
a
b
"Stallworth, Dave"
. Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
. Retrieved
January 25,
2015
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"1965 NBA Draft"
. Basketball-Reference. Archived from
the original
on October 18, 2011
. Retrieved
January 25,
2015
.
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a
b
"Dave Stallworth"
. Basketball-Reference
. Retrieved
January 25,
2015
.
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"Dave Stallworth Is Hospitalized"
.
Lawrence Journal-World
. Associated Press. March 8, 1967.
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"Dave Stallworth Is Most Amazing Knick"
.
Schenectady Gazette
. Associated Press. November 25, 1969
. Retrieved
January 25,
2015
.
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Coffey, Wayne (November 1, 1996).
"The Best ...and the Worst: 1969?70 Glory is Lasting Celebration"
.
New York Daily News
. Retrieved
January 25,
2015
.
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Rogers, Thomas. "Stallworth and Riordan Sent to Baltimore,"
The New York Times
, Friday, November 12, 1971.
Retrieved May 19, 2020
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Lutz, Bob (February 16, 2013).
"Bob Lutz: Dave's still the Rave"
.
The Wichita Eagle
. Retrieved
January 25,
2015
.
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