 Rowe in his senior year at UCLA | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 2, 1949 Bessemer, Alabama, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | John C. Fremont (Los Angeles, California) |
| College | UCLA (1968–1971) |
| NBA draft | 1971: 1st round, 11th overall pick |
| Selected by the Detroit Pistons | |
| Playing career | 1971–1979 |
| Position | Power forward |
| Number | 18, 41 |
| Career history | |
| 1971–1976 | Detroit Pistons |
| 1976–1979 | Boston Celtics |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 6,873 (11.6 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 4,264 (7.2 rpg) |
| Assists | 932 (1.6 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Curtis Rowe Jr. (born July 2, 1949) is an American former basketball player.
A 6'7" forward from UCLA, Rowe was drafted by the Dallas Chaparrals in the 1971 ABA Draft and by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 1971 NBA draft.[1] Rowe opted to sign with Detroit and the NBA.
Rowe played eight seasons (1971–1979) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics. He averaged 11.6 points per game in his career and appeared in the 1976 NBA All-Star Game.
At UCLA, he was a member of three national championship teams coached by John Wooden: 1969, 1970 and 1971. He was one of only 4 players to have started on 3 NCAA championship teams; the others were all teammates at UCLA: Lew Alcindor, Henry Bibby and Lynn Shackelford.
In 1993, Rowe was inducted to the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.
- ^ DatabaseBasketball.com Curtis Rowe page Archived November 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine