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in his last NBA season. He went on to play two years in Europe before recurring back spasms forced his retirement. His best season statistically was his rookie season, when he averaged 9.9 points and 6.6 rebounds per games. Meely died at a
Boulder, Colorado hospital in 2013 of a blood infection. He
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432:
711:
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1098:
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266:
1048:
1053:
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1038:
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1093:
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1068:
248:
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481:
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116:
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381:
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894:
680:
635:
140:
97:
61:
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as a senior. He is one of only three
Colorado basketball player to have his number retired.
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369:
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Former
Colorado basketball star Cliff Meely dies of blood infection at age 65
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411:. He played for the Rockets for five years, before being traded to the
392:' career leader in points per game and rebounds per game. Meely was a
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396:
all-conference performer all three years at
Colorado, and was an
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1099:
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
729:
Big Eight
Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
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for three years, from 1968 to 1971. He remains the
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1054:American expatriate basketball people in France
368:(July 10, 1947 – May 29, 2013) was an American
1059:American expatriate basketball people in Italy
1049:All-American college men's basketball players
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8:
21:
1074:Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball players
1044:21st-century African-American sportspeople
1039:20th-century African-American sportspeople
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705:
697:
482:
468:
460:
353:
337:
20:
1109:Nuova AMG Sebastiani Basket Rieti players
425:
372:player who played five seasons in the
1094:Infectious disease deaths in Colorado
7:
1069:Basketball players from Mississippi
14:
1114:People from Rosedale, Mississippi
1064:American men's basketball players
72:6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
374:National Basketball Association
386:University of Colorado Boulder
134:: 1st round, 7th overall pick
1:
1124:San Diego Rockets draft picks
376:(NBA). He played one year at
281:retired by Colorado Buffaloes
267:Big Eight Player of the Year
236:Career highlights and awards
378:Northeastern Junior College
358:at Basketball-Reference.com
1140:
1104:Los Angeles Lakers players
1084:FC Mulhouse Basket players
456:– Basketball-Reference.com
258:Third-team All-American –
16:American basketball player
1079:Deaths from blood disease
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80:218 lb (99 kg)
1089:Houston Rockets players
403:He was drafted by the
293:Career NBA statistics
45:Rosedale, Mississippi
450:– TheDraftReview.com
210:AMG Sebastiani Rieti
27:Personal information
23:
413:Los Angeles Lakers
390:Colorado Buffaloes
382:Sterling, Colorado
272:3× First-team All-
200:Los Angeles Lakers
85:Career information
1016:
1015:
694:
693:
681:Gregg Northington
636:Charlie Yelverton
363:
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141:San Diego Rockets
98:Chicago, Illinois
62:Boulder, Colorado
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993:
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977:
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611:Willie Sojourner
575:Kennedy McIntosh
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139:Selected by the
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601:Steve Patterson
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540:Darnell Hillman
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405:Houston Rockets
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313:1,703 (5.4 rpg)
303:2,658 (8.4 ppg)
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111:Northeastern CC
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1119:Power forwards
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491:1971 NBA draft
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442:External links
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409:1971 NBA draft
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173:Career history
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147:Playing career
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59:(aged 65)
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671:Howard Porter
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656:Isaiah Wilson
654:
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629:
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626:Jim McDaniels
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580:Dean Meminger
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323:398 (1.3 apg)
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159:Power forward
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83:
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77:Listed weight
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71:
69:Listed height
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63:
54:
50:
46:
42:July 10, 1947
34:
30:
25:
19:
798:
782:
766:
616:John Mengelt
594:Second round
585:Collis Jones
565:Jim Cleamons
534:
525:George Trapp
515:Elmore Smith
510:Sidney Wicks
428:
402:
398:All-American
365:
364:
269:(1969, 1971)
245:All-American
243:Second-team
57:(2013-05-29)
55:May 29, 2013
18:
1034:2013 deaths
1029:1947 births
895:Stipanovich
686:Willie Long
666:Joe Bergman
646:Rick Fisher
641:Amos Thomas
631:Mike Newlin
621:Ted McClain
606:Fred Hilton
555:Curtis Rowe
535:Cliff Meely
520:Ken Durrett
505:Austin Carr
498:First round
366:Cliff Meely
276:(1969–1971)
119:(1968–1971)
113:(1967–1968)
90:High school
22:Cliff Meely
1023:Categories
967:Dou. Smith
955:Dou. Smith
863:McCullough
807:Stallworth
775:Don. Smith
570:John Roche
560:Dana Lewis
530:Fred Brown
420:References
370:basketball
342:at NBA.com
38:1947-07-10
765:1960–67:
545:Stan Love
394:Big Eight
274:Big Eight
224:1980–1981
216:1979–1980
206:1977–1979
150:1971–1981
127:NBA draft
879:A. Smith
871:Blackman
847:Anderson
839:W. Smith
743:Thompson
651:Jim Rose
416:was 65.
309:Rebounds
219:Mulhouse
155:Position
117:Colorado
963:Houston
939:Manning
931:Manning
923:Manning
915:Tisdale
907:Tisdale
899:Tisdale
887:Frazier
791:Robisch
454:Profile
448:Profile
407:in the
319:Assists
279:No. 20
105:College
1007:Vaughn
1005:1996:
997:1995:
991:Booker
989:1994:
983:Reeves
981:1993:
975:Peeler
973:1992:
965:&
961:1991:
953:1990:
945:1989:
937:1988:
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905:1984:
897:&
893:1983:
885:1982:
877:1981:
869:1980:
861:1979:
853:1978:
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823:Kruger
821:1974:
815:Kruger
813:1973:
805:1972:
797:1971:
789:1970:
781:1969:
773:1968:
759:Boozer
757:1959:
751:Boozer
749:1958:
741:1957:
352:
336:
299:Points
262:(1971)
168:25, 21
165:Number
94:Harlan
64:, U.S.
47:, U.S.
999:Minor
855:Evans
831:Adams
799:Meely
783:Meely
350:Stats
334:Stats
249:USBWA
227:Lazio
947:King
767:None
253:1971
195:1976
183:1976
179:1971
132:1971
52:Died
32:Born
380:in
265:2×
1025::
260:AP
247:–
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713:t
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483:e
476:t
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