Ben Warley
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. | September 4, 1936
Died | April 5, 2002 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 65)
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Phelps Vocational (Washington, D.C.) |
College | Tennessee State (1957–1960) |
NBA draft | 1961: 1st round, 6th overall pick |
Selected by the Syracuse Nationals | |
Playing career | 1960–1974 |
Position | Small forward / shooting guard |
Number | 14, 33, 40, 44 |
Career history | |
1960–1962 | Cleveland Pipers |
1962–1963 | Long Beach Chiefs |
1963–1965 | Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers |
1965–1967 | Baltimore Bullets |
1967–1969 | Anaheim Amigos / Los Angeles Stars |
1969–1970 | Denver Rockets |
1970–1971 | Camden Bullets |
1971–1972 | Wilkes-Barre Barons |
1972–1973 | Hazleton Bullets |
1973–1974 | Cherry Hill Rookies |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career NBA and ABA statistics | |
Points | 3,686 (8.4 ppg) |
Rebounds | 2,436 (5.6 rpg) |
Assists | 356 (0.8 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Benjamin Vallentina Warley (September 4, 1936 – April 5, 2002) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6'5" forward/guard from Tennessee State University, Warley played five seasons (1962–1967) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Syracuse Nationals, Philadelphia 76ers, and Baltimore Bullets. He averaged 8.4 points per game and 5.6 rebounds per game. Warley later played with several teams in the American Basketball Association, representing the Anaheim Amigos in the 1968 ABA All-Star Game.[1]
Warley settled in Philadelphia after his playing career was over. He died of liver cancer in 2002.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
NBA/ABA
[edit]Source[1]
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1962–63 | Syracuse | 26 | 7.9 | .450 | .714 | 3.3 | .2 | 4.8 | |
1963–64 | Philadelphia | 79 | 22.0 | .435 | .721 | 7.8 | .9 | 8.2 | |
1964–65 | Philadelphia | 64 | 14.1 | .372 | .705 | 4.3 | .8 | 4.9 | |
1965–66 | Philadelphia | 1 | 6.0 | .333 | – | 2.0 | .0 | 2.0 | |
1965–66 | Baltimore | 56 | 13.7 | .409 | .660 | 3.8 | .4 | 5.3 | |
1966–67 | Baltimore | 62 | 16.7 | .401 | .788 | 5.2 | .8 | 6.2 | |
1967–68 | Anaheim (ABA) | 71 | 32.4 | .442 | .313 | .805 | 8.6 | 1.4 | 17.4 |
1968–69 | L.A. Stars (ABA) | 35 | 25.0 | .407 | .256 | .748 | 5.5 | .7 | 14.0 |
1969–70 | Denver (ABA) | 42 | 11.3 | .353 | .259 | .763 | 2.6 | .7 | 4.6 |
Career (NBA) | 288 | 16.2 | .413 | .724 | 5.3 | .7 | 6.1 | ||
Career (ABA) | 148 | 24.6 | .423 | .284 | .785 | 6.2 | 1.0 | 13.0 | |
Career (overall) | 436 | 19.0 | .418 | .284 | .751 | 5.6 | .8 | 8.5 | |
All-Star (ABA) | 1 | 17.0 | .286 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1963 | Syracuse | 2 | 4.5 | .000 | .500 | 1.5 | .0 | 1.0 | |
1964 | Philadelphia | 4 | 21.3 | .391 | .667 | 8.3 | .5 | 7.0 | |
1965 | Philadelphia | 2 | 3.0 | .000 | – | .5 | .5 | .0 | |
1966 | Baltimore | 2 | 4.5 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.0 | .0 | .5 | |
1970 | Denver (ABA) | 10 | 12.9 | .421 | .438 | .600 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 4.5 |
Career (NBA) | 10 | 10.9 | .281 | .650 | 3.9 | .3 | 3.1 | ||
Career (overall) | 20 | 11.9 | .357 | .438 | .633 | 3.4 | .7 | 3.8 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Ben Warley NBA/ABA stats Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ Obituary at NBA.com
Categories:
- 1936 births
- 2002 deaths
- Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players
- Anaheim Amigos players
- American men's basketball players
- Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973) players
- Basketball players from Washington, D.C.
- Cleveland Pipers players
- Deaths from cancer in Pennsylvania
- Deaths from liver cancer in the United States
- Denver Rockets players
- Long Beach Chiefs players
- Los Angeles Lakers draft picks
- Los Angeles Stars players
- Philadelphia 76ers players
- Seattle SuperSonics expansion draft picks
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Syracuse Nationals draft picks
- Syracuse Nationals players
- Tennessee State Tigers basketball players
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs