Connie Dierking
Dierking in 1969
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
October 2, 1936 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | December 29, 2013 (aged 77) Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 222 lb (101 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Valley Stream Central (Valley Stream, New York) |
| College | Cincinnati (1955–1958) |
| NBA draft | 1958 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall |
| Selected by the Syracuse Nationals | |
| Playing career | 1958–1971 |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 8, 29, 26, 9, 18, 24 |
| Career history | |
| 1958–1960 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 1961 | Philadelphia Tapers |
| 1961–1962 | Cleveland Pipers |
| 1963–1965 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1965 | San Francisco Warriors |
| 1965–1970 | Cincinnati Royals |
| 1970–1971 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 7,094 (10.0 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 4,757 (6.7 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,053 (1.5 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Conrad William "Connie" Dierking (October 2, 1936 – December 29, 2013) was an American professional basketball player from 1958 to 1971.
Connie Dierking was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up on Long Island, where he starred in basketball for Central High School in Valley Stream, New York.
The 6'9" center then attended the University of Cincinnati, where he continued to excel, setting the Bearcats' single-season record of 18.8 rebounds per game, which still stands. He also set the Bearcats' single-game record of 33 rebounds. He led the team in scoring in 1956–57 with 18.5 points per game, and he averaged a double-double of 15.8 points and 14.9 rebounds per game in 1957–58, leading the Bearcats to the Missouri Valley Conference championship. Dierking's teammates included basketball hall-of-famer Oscar Robertson. Dierking was named second-team All-American by the Newspaper Enterprise Association. He was named to the University of Cincinnati's James P. Kelly Athletics Hall of Fame in 1986.
He was drafted in the first round of the 1958 NBA draft as the fifth overall pick by the Syracuse Nationals. He played two seasons for the Nationals, with per-game averages of 4.6 and 6.9 points and 3.6 and 6.4 rebounds, respectively.
Dierking left the NBA to play in the American Basketball League for the Philadelphia Tapers and the Cleveland Pipers before returning to the NBA for the 1963–64 season with the Philadelphia 76ers, for whom he averaged 6.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.
During the 1964–65 season, on January 15, 1965, he was part of an historic trade. He was one of three players (along with Paul Neumann and Lee Shaffer) traded by the 76ers to the San Francisco Warriors for basketball hall-of-famer Wilt Chamberlain. For the season, he averaged 7.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.
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