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Peter Michael Cross (March 28, 1948 – January 2, 1977) was an American basketball player.

Pete Cross

Personal information
Born	(1948-03-28)March 28, 1948
Died	January 2, 1977(1977-01-02) (aged 28) Redmond, Washington
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Bakersfield (Bakersfield, California)
College	San Francisco (1967–1970)
NBA draft	1970 / Round: 2 / Pick: 23rd overall
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Position	Power forward / Center
Number	41
Career history
1970–1972	Seattle SuperSonics
1972	Kansas City-Omaha Kings
1972–1973	Seattle SuperSonics
1975	Iberia Superstars
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Career

A 6'9" center, Cross played collegiately for San Francisco. He was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 1970 NBA draft and the Kentucky Colonels in the 1970 American Basketball Association draft.[1]

Cross played three seasons (1970–1973) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics and Kansas City-Omaha Kings. His best NBA season was his first, in which he averaged eight points and twelve rebounds per game. His 12 rebounds per game in 1970–71 is still the SuperSonics' rookie record.

He played for the Iberia Superstars in the European Professional Basketball League in 1975.[2]

Death

On January 2, 1977, Cross was found dead in his home in Redmond, Washington. His wife said that he had had epileptic seizures. He was 28.[3]

Cross was posthumously inducted into the University of San Francisco Dons Hall of Fame (1979),[4] and the Kern County Sports Hall of Fame (1993).[5]

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