Sam Lacey

Samuel "Sam" Lacey (March 8, 1948 – March 14, 2014) was an American professional basketball player. He played as a center. He played for the Cincinnati Royals / Kansas City-Omaha Kings, New Jersey Nets, and Cleveland Cavaliers in a thirteen-season career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Lacey playing for the Cincinnati Royals (1971).

Lacey was born in Indianola, Mississippi to an African American family. After basketball, he worked in real estate.

Lacey died from natural causes on March 14, 2014 in Kansas City, Missouri, aged 66.[1]

References

Kerkhoff, Blair (March 15, 2014). "Former Kansas City Kings All-Star Sam Lacey dies at 66". The Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.

Other websites

Sam Lacey Archived 2010-04-04 at the Wayback Machine at Basketball-Reference Archived 2011-02-22 at the Wayback Machine

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.