Henry Lee Logan(March 14, 1946 – July 26, 2023) was an American basketball player. Logan was a 6-foot (183 cm)guard.[1][2]
 Logan in his junior season atWestern Carolina,1967 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | March 14, 1946 Asheville, North Carolina,U.S. | |||||||||||
| Died | July 26, 2023(aged 77) | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | |||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||
| High school | Stephens-Lee (Asheville, North Carolina) | |||||||||||
| College | Western Carolina(1964–1968) | |||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1968:4th round, 38th overall pick | |||||||||||
| Selected by theSeattle SuperSonics | ||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard/point guard | |||||||||||
| Number | 12 | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
| 1968–1970 | Oakland Oaks / Washington Caps | |||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||
| StatsatBasketball Reference | ||||||||||||
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Amateur
editLogan played high school basketball at Stephens-Lee High School inAsheville, North Carolina.[1][2]
After high school Logan became the first African-American collegiate basketball player in the history of North Carolina and perhaps at any predominantly white institution in the southeastern United States when he enrolled at and played basketball forWestern Carolina University.[3][4]
The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees wrote that Logan was "the first African-American basketball player to be recruited by and play for a predominantly white institution in the Southeast".[3]
At WCU Logan scored 60 points in a game against Atlantic Christian in 1967, and he holds the record for most points in a season (1,049), a career (3,290) and highest career points average (30.7).[3]
Logan led the nation in scoring for the 1967–68 season, when he averaged 36.2 points a game.[4]
Logan helped the United States take the gold medal in the 1967 Pan American Games.[3]
Professional
editLogan was drafted in the fourth round of the1968 NBA draftby theSeattle SuperSonics.[1][2]He was also drafted by theOakland Oaksin the1968 ABA draft.[1][2]
Logan played for the Oakland Oaks in the 1968–69 ABA season, when the Oaks won the1969 ABA championship.[1][2][5]
Playing in 76 games, Logan scored 947 points for an average of 12.5 points per game. He increased that to an average of 13.6 points per game during the playoffs.[1][2]
During the 1969–70 season Logan played for the ABA'sWashington Caps.He played in 32 games, scoring 311 points for an average of 9.7 points per game.[1][2]
Despite averaging 11.6 points per game throughout his professional career, his 1969–70 season with the Washington Caps was Logan's final full professional season.[1][2]He did appear in one game, briefly, for theVirginia Squiresduring the1971 ABA Playoffs,scoring one point on a free throw.[1][2]
In 2000, the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame inducted Logan as member of its 37th class. Others in his induction class includedDukehead basketball coachMike KrzyzewskiandCarolina PanthersownerJerry Richardson.[3][4]
Death
editHenry Logan died on July 26, 2023, at the age of 77.[6]
References
edit- ^abcdefghi"Henry Logan Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards".databasebasketball.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2007-10-07.Retrieved2024-03-02.
- ^abcdefghi"Henry Logan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more".Basketball-Reference.com.Retrieved2024-03-02.
- ^abcdeCorn, Worth."Breaking the color barrier in little old Cullowhee".maryadams.net.Information used for this article gathered from "A Mountain Heritage: The Illustrated History of Western Carolina University" by Curtis W. Wood and H. Tyler Blethen. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-05-07.Retrieved2024-03-02.
- ^abcHenry Logan Basketball pageArchived2008-05-14 at theWayback Machine
- ^RememberTheABA.com 1968-69 Season pageArchived2007-10-17 at theWayback Machine
- ^Womack, Chris (2023-07-26)."WNC sports legend Henry Logan passes away at 78 [sic]".WLOS.Retrieved2024-03-02.