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Grady Lewis
Lewis with the Phillips 66ers
Personal information
Born(1917-03-25)March 25, 1917
Boyd, Texas, U.S.
DiedMarch 11, 2009(2009-03-11) (aged 91)
Peoria, Arizona, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College
Playing career1939–1949
PositionForward / center
Number66, 7, 6, 35, 13
Coaching career1958–1960
Career history
As player:
1939–1942Phillips 66ers
1946–1947Detroit Falcons
1947–1948St. Louis Bombers
1948Baltimore Bullets
1948–1949St. Louis Bombers
As coach:
1948–1950St. Louis Bombers
Career highlights and awards
Career BAA statistics
Points750 (5.4 ppg)
Assists132 (0.9 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Grady W. Lewis (March 25, 1917 – March 11, 2009) was an American professional basketball player.

He played college basketball for the Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs and Oklahoma Sooners.[1][2] Lewis played four seasons with the Phillips 66 Oilers of the AAU, and three seasons (1946–1949) in the Basketball Association of America as a member of the Detroit Falcons, St. Louis Bombers, and Baltimore Bullets. He averaged 5.4 points per game in his career and won a league championship with Baltimore in 1948. Lewis also was a member of two AAU national championship teams with Phillips 66 (1940, 1946).

Lewis coached the St. Louis Bombers during the 1948–49 and 1949–50 seasons. He then worked for the Converse shoe company. Lewis went on to invent the Converse All Stars shoe, although he did not get recognition as the famous Marketer Chuck Taylor was accredited due to his popular name.[3] Lewis was inducted into the Southwestern Oklahoma State Hall of Fame in 1970.[1]

BAA career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an NBA championship

Regular season

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Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1946–47 Detroit 60 .204 .543 .9 4.8
1947–48 St. Louis 24 .248 .667 .5 6.9
1947–48† Baltimore 21 .294 .619 1.3 7.1
1948–49 St. Louis 34 .387 .600 1.1 4.4
Career 139 .252 .595 .9 5.4

Playoffs

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Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1948† Baltimore 11 .211 .759 .8 6.2
Career 11 .211 .759 .8 6.2

Head coaching record

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Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
St. Louis 1948–49 60 29 31 .483 4th in BAA Western 2 0 2 .000 Lost in Division Semifinal
St. Louis 1949–50 68 26 42 .382 5th in NBA Central — — — — Missed playoffs
Career 128 55 73 .430   2 0 2 .000  

References

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  1. ^ a b "Grady Lewis". Southwestern Oklahoma State University Athletics. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Sooners Change Starting Team". Miami News-Record. February 19, 1943. p. 4. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Andy Taylor. "Retired Converse exec with Caney connection dies". Montgomery County Chronicle. March 18, 2009. Retrieved on March 19, 2009.
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