Levern Tart
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 1, 1942 Marion, South Carolina |
| Died | June 22, 2010 (aged 68) Long Beach, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Roosevelt (West Palm Beach, Florida) |
| College | Bradley (1961–1964) |
| NBA draft | 1964 / Round: 6 / Pick: 52nd overall |
| Selected by the Boston Celtics | |
| Playing career | 1964–1971 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 34, 40, 35, 12, 30, 23 |
| Career history | |
| 1967–1968 | Oakland Oaks |
| 1968–1969 | New Jersey Americans / New York Nets |
| 1969 | Houston Mavericks |
| 1969 | Denver Rockets |
| 1969–1971 | New York Nets |
| 1971 | Texas Chaparrals |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Levern Tart (June 1, 1942 – June 22, 2010) was an American basketball player.
Born in Marion, South Carolina, Tart went to Roosevelt High School in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The 6'2" (later listed as 6'3"), 195 pound guard Tart played college basketball at Bradley University with Joe Strawder. He had not been recruited to play college basketball and so he intended to go to Indiana University, where Ron Burns and Bobby Knight played football before Bradley's coach discovered and signed him. In his career at Bradley Tart scored 1,053 points in 73 games for an average of 14.4 points per game. He was the Most Valuable Player of the 1964 National Invitational Tournament, which Bradley won. In that season Tart led the team with 17.5 points per game and was first team All Missouri Valley Conference.
Tart was drafted by the Boston Celtics of the NBA and was the final player cut from their roster by Red Auerbach prior to the 1964–65 season. Tart played for Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in the Eastern League. During that time he also coached and taught at Central Catholic High School in Kingston, Pennsylvania. Tart eventually landed with the Jamaico Saints, an AAU team.
Tart left the AAU for the American Basketball Association. He and teammate Steve Jones signed with the Oakland Oaks in June, 1967. Tart played his entire professional career in the ABA, where he was known for effective drives to the basket, acrobatic shots with either hand, elusive speed and precise body and ball control on the floor.
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