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| Born | March 23, 1938 Thief River Falls, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Stephenson (Stephenson, Michigan) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Wheaton (1956–1960) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1960: 11th round, 78th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Detroit Pistons | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1963–1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 16, 40, 44 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1963–1964 | Baltimore Bullets | ||||||||||||||
| 1967–1969 | Oakland Oaks | ||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | Los Angeles Stars | ||||||||||||||
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| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 1,032 (7.7 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 635 (4.7 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 160 (1.2 apg) | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Melvin Lowell Peterson (born March 23, 1938) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA) player.