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Kenneth Robert Sears (August 17, 1933 – April 23, 2017)[1][2] was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the first basketball player on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, appearing on the December 20, 1954, issue during his senior season in college.[3]

Ken Sears

c. 1958
Personal information
Born	(1933-08-17)August 17, 1933 Watsonville, California
Died	April 23, 2017(2017-04-23) (aged 83) Watsonville, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High school	Watsonville (Watsonville, California)
College	Santa Clara (1951–1955)
NBA draft	1955 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1955–1964
Position	Power forward / Small forward
Number	12, 20, 17
Career history
1955–1961	New York Knicks
1961–1962	San Francisco Saints
1962	New York Knicks
1962–1964	San Francisco Warriors
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA All-Star (1958, 1959) All-ABL Second Team (1962) Third-team All-American – UP, NEA (1955) 2× WCC Player of the Year (1953, 1955) No. 55 retired by Santa Clara Broncos
Career NBA statistics
Points	7,355 (13.9 ppg)
Rebounds	4,142 (7.8 rpg)
Assists	843 (1.6 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Born and raised in Watsonville, California, Sears graduated from its high school in 1951 and played college basketball at nearby Santa Clara University. As a freshman, Sears led the Broncos to the final four (semifinals) of the NCAA tournament in 1952, held in Seattle.[4][5]

A 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) forward, Sears was a first round selection of the New York Knicks in the 1955 NBA draft and played eight seasons (1955–1961, 1962–1964) in the NBA with the Knicks and San Francisco Warriors. He averaged 13.9 points per game and 7.8 rebounds per game in his NBA career, appearing as an NBA All-Star in 1958 and 1959. Sears also led the NBA in field goal percentage in consecutive years (1959, 1960).[6]

Sears spent the 1961–62 season with the San Francisco Saints in the short-lived American Basketball League (ABL).[7]

NBA career statistics

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	*	Led the league

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1955–56	New York	70	29.6	.438	.796	8.8	1.6	12.8
1956–57	New York	72*	34.9	.418	.790	8.5	1.4	14.8
1957–58	New York	72*	37.3	.439	.822	10.9	1.8	18.6
1958–59	New York	71	35.2	.490*	.861	9.3	1.9	21.0
1959–60	New York	64	32.8	.477*	.868	13.6	2.0	18.5
1960–61	New York	52	26.8	.424	.825	5.6	2.0	14.4
1962–63	New York	23	15.6	.522	.565	2.9	1.7	5.3
1962-63	San Francisco	54	14.5	.533	.861	2.6	1.0	6.1
1963–64	San Francisco	51	10.2	.442	.810	1.8	0.8	3.3
Career		529	28.2	.455	.826	7.8	1.6	13.9
All-Star		2	20.0	.529	.900	4.5	0.5	13.5

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1959	New York	2	32.0	.370	.867	8.5	3.0	16.5
1964	San Francisco	7	3.4	.432	–	1.7	0.4	1.7
Career		9	9.8	.432	.867	3.2	1.0	5.0

References

На других языках

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- [en] Ken Sears

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[ru] Сирс, Кен

Кеннет Роберт «Кен» Сирс (англ. Kenneth Robert "Ken" Sears; 17 августа 1933, Уотсонвилл, Калифорния — 23 апреля 2017, там же[1][2]) — американский профессиональный баскетболист.

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