Joe Roberts (basketball)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 18, 1936 Columbus, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 214 lb (97 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | East (Columbus, Ohio) |
| College | Ohio State (1957–1960) |
| NBA draft | 1960 / Round: 3 / Pick: 21st overall |
| Selected by the Syracuse Nationals | |
| Playing career | 1960–1968 |
| Position | Power forward |
| Number | 12, 42 |
| Career history | |
| 1960–1963 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 1963–1964 | Allentown Jets |
| 1967–1968 | Kentucky Colonels |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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As player: As assistant coach: |
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| Career NBA and ABA statistics | |
| Points | 1,255 (5.8 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,075 (4.9 rpg) |
| Assists | 123 (0.6 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
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As assistant coach:
Joseph "Joe" Roberts (born May 18, 1936) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Roberts played for Ohio State University's 1960 NCAA champions, and later played in the NBA for the Syracuse Nationals before going into coaching. Roberts also played with Hall-of-Famers Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek, and Bobby Knight. Coach Fred Taylor also was a Hall-of-Famer for Ohio State.
He starred at Columbus East High School under coach Jackie Moore as a 6'6", 220-lb forward. Future OSU teammate Mel Nowell also starred for Columbus East. Roberts ended up at Ohio State when schools like Georgia Tech and Ohio University advised they had curfew rules for blacks like Roberts. The Buckeyes had few black players at that time, but coaches Floyd Stahl and Fred Taylor made him feel welcome.
Roberts, fellow senior Dick Furry, and Larry Siegfried were returnees that were joined by super sophomores Lucas, Havlicek, and Nowell in 1960. That team lost just three games, one to Utah and star center Billy McGill, one to Adolph Rupp's Kentucky team, where Roberts and Nowell endured racial taunts, and one to Indiana after the Buckeyes had won the Big Ten title. Roberts was a senior co-captain who provided veteran leadership to the sophomore stars on that team.
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