Raymond Townsend
| Personal information | |
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| Born |
December 20, 1955 San Jose, California |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
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| College | UCLA (1974–1978) |
| NBA draft | 1978 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22nd overall |
| Selected by the Golden State Warriors | |
| Playing career | 1978–1985 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 11 |
| Career history | |
| 1978–1980 | Golden State Warriors |
| 1980–1981 | Alberta Dusters |
| 1981–1982 | Indiana Pacers |
| 1984–1985 | Virtus Banco di Roma |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Raymond Anthony Townsend (born December 20, 1955) is a Filipino-American retired professional basketball player. He played three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Golden State Warriors and the Indiana Pacers. Townsend played college basketball with the UCLA Bruins, earning all-conference honors in the Pacific-8 (known later as the Pac-12). He was selected by the Warriors in the first round of the 1978 NBA draft with the 22nd overall pick, and became the first Filipino-American to play in the NBA.
Townsend was born in San Jose, California. He is half-Filipino; Townsend's mother, the former Virginia Marella, is a Filipina from Balayan, Batangas while his father, Ray Sr., is American. His brother, Kurtis Townsend, is currently an assistant coach for the University of Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team which won the 2008 NCAA Championship.
A 6'3", 175-lb point guard, Townsend attended Camden High School and Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California before playing college basketball at UCLA. As a high school senior, he averaged close to 28 points a game for the Camden High Cougars. This was prior to the 3 point line being regulated years later. He was a member of the 1975 UCLA Basketball National Championship team, legendary coach John Wooden's 10th and final NCAA championship team. He earned first-team All-Pac-8 honors as a senior in 1978.
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