Henry Logan (basketball)
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 Logan in his junior season at Western Carolina, 1967 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | March 14, 1946 | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
| Drafted by | Seattle SuperSonics | |||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard / point guard | |||||||||||
| Number | 12 | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
| 1968–1970 | Oakland Oaks / Washington Caps | |||||||||||
| Career highlights | ||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | ||||||||||||
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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 played high school basketball at Stephens-Lee High School in Asheville, 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 for Western 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]
