Dave DeBusschere

Dave DeBusschere
Dave DeBusschere
	; Pitcher;
	; Born: (1940-10-16)October 16, 1940
	; Died: May 14, 2003(2003-05-14) (aged 62)
; Batted: Right	; Threw: Right
MLB debut
	; April 22, 1962, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
	; September 2, 1963, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	; 3–4
Earned run average	; 2.90
Complete games	; 1
;
Teams
	; ; Chicago White Sox (1962–1963);

Dave DeBusschere
	; DeBusschere circa 1974;
Personal information
Born	; (1940-10-16)October 16, 1940; Detroit, Michigan;
Died	; May 14, 2003(2003-05-14) (aged 62); New York City, New York;
Nationality	; American
Listed height	; 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	; 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	; Austin Catholic Preparatory School; (Detroit, Michigan)
College	; Detroit (1959–1962)
NBA draft	; 1962 / Pick: Territorial;
	; Selected by the Detroit Pistons;
Playing career	; 1962–1974
Position	; Power forward / Small forward;
Number	; 22
Career history
As player:
; 1962–1968;	; Detroit Pistons;
; 1968–1974;	; New York Knicks;
As coach:
; 1964–1967;	; Detroit Pistons
;
Career highlights and awards
	; 2× NBA champion (1970, 1973); ; 8× NBA All-Star (1966–1968, 1970–1974); ; 6× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1969–1974); ; ; All-NBA Second Team (1969); ; ; NBA All-Rookie First Team (1963); ; NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team; ; No. 22 retired by the New York Knicks; ; ; 2× Second-team All-American – NEA (1961, 1962); ; Second-team All-American – NABC (1961); ; 3× Third-team All-American – UPI (1960–1962); ; Third-team All-American – AP, NABC (1962); ; No. 22 retired by Detroit Mercy; ; ;
;
Career NBA statistics
Points	; 14,053 (16.1 ppg)
Rebounds	; 9,618 (11.0 rpg)
Assists	; 2,497 (2.9 apg)
;
	; Stats at Basketball-Reference.com;
	;
	; Basketball Hall of Fame as player;
	; College Basketball Hall of Fame; Inducted in 2006
	;

David Albert DeBusschere (October 16, 1940 – May 14, 2003) was an American professional National Basketball Association player and coach and Major League baseball player. In 1996, DeBusschere was named as one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history.

Early life[edit]

DeBusschere was born in Detroit to parents Peter Marcell and Dorothy Debusschere.^[1] He attended Austin Catholic Preparatory School and inspired the "White Shirted Legion" (the tradition of wearing white shirts to the school's games to make fans more visible). As a junior, he was named all-state, and in his senior year of 1957–58, in just the school's third year of organized basketball, he led his team to the Michigan Class A high school basketball championship, scoring 32 points despite fouling out midway through the fourth quarter as the Friars defeated Benton Harbor High School and Debusschere's future NBA rival forward Chet Walker.^[2]

College career[edit]

DeBusschere starred in both basketball and baseball at the University of Detroit. He averaged 24 points a game in basketball, helping Detroit reach the National Invitation Tournament twice and the NCAA basketball tournament once. He also pitched the Titans to three NCAA baseball tournament berths.^[3]

Baseball career[edit]

In 1962, DeBusschere was signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent. He was a pitcher for the White Sox from 1962–63. He pitched a shutout on August 13, 1963, against the Cleveland Indians, giving up six hits, one walk and striking out three. In 22 career at bats, he had only one hit, a single off Bennie Daniels on July 17, 1963. He pitched in the White Sox minor league system for two more seasons before giving up pitching to focus on both playing and coaching basketball.^[4]

He is one of only 13 athletes to have played in both Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association, or its predecessor the Basketball Association of America. The others are Mark Hendrickson, Danny Ainge, Gene Conley, Ron Reed, Dick Groat, Steve Hamilton, Cotton Nash, Frank Baumholtz, Dick Ricketts, Howie Schultz, Johnny Gee and Chuck Connors.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Basketball career[edit]

Detroit Pistons[edit]

DeBusschere was selected by the Detroit Pistons in 1962 NBA draft as a territorial draft selection. During his rookie season, he averaged 12.7 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, and was later named to the NBA All-Rookie Team. However, DeBusschere was injured during his second season and only played in 15 games, resulting in the Pistons finishing with a disappointing record of 23-59.

In the 1964–1965 season, at the age of 24, he was given the position of player-coach for the Pistons, and thus became the youngest-ever coach in league history. However, this stint as coach was not successful and he became a full-time player. During the 1968–1969 season, DeBusschere was traded to the New York Knicks for Walt Bellamy and Howard Komives.

New York Knicks[edit]

DeBusschere was named to the First Team All-Defensive Team every season of his career after the inception of the designation.

DeBusschere, along with future Hall of Famers Willis Reed, Bill Bradley and Walt Frazier, became an NBA champion when the Knicks defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1970 NBA Finals. With Earl Monroe in the backcourt, they became champions again in 1973, beating the Lakers 4-1 in the finals.

DeBusschere was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983 after a 12-year career (1962–1974) in which he averaged 16.1 points and 11 rebounds while being named to eight NBA All-Star teams. He became a member of the NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996. He was renowned for his physical style of play and tenacious defense, and he was named to the NBA All-Defensive first team six times.^[8]

Life after basketball[edit]

DeBusschere retired as a player in 1974, and his #22 jersey was retired by the Knicks, though not until many years later; it is thought the delay was due to his taking a front-office job with the rival New York Nets of the American Basketball Association (now Brooklyn Nets) upon his retirement. The next year DeBusschere became the ABA's commissioner for the 1975–76 season, its last. DeBusschere helped bring about the merger between the NBA and the ABA that year.^[9] He was later the assistant coach and director of basketball operation of the Knicks during the 1980s, when he drafted fellow Knicks legend Patrick Ewing, the first overall selection in 1985.

DeBusschere and some partners purchased Ring magazine in 1979.^[10]

DeBusschere authored a book entitled The Open Man, a chronicle of the New York Knicks' 1969–1970 championship season.

Death[edit]

In May 2003, Dave DeBusschere collapsed on a Manhattan street from a heart attack and was pronounced dead at New York University Hospital. He was 62 years of age. DeBusschere was interred at Saint Joseph's Church Cemetery in Garden City, Nassau County, New York. DeBusschere, who lived in Garden City, was survived by his wife, Gerri (who died of cancer in 2009),^[11] sons Peter and Dennis, and daughter Michelle.^[3]

In his honor, the University of Detroit Mercy inaugurated the Dave DeBusschere Scholarship in 2003. It provides support to two student-athletes that must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 and have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills.^[11]

NBA career statistics[edit]

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

†	Denotes seasons in which DeBusschere won an NBA championship

Regular season[edit]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1962–63	Detroit	80	–	29.4	.430	–	.718	8.7	2.6	–	–	12.7
1963–64	Detroit	15	–	20.3	.391	–	.581	7.0	1.5	–	–	8.6
1964–65	Detroit	79	–	35.1	.425	–	.700	11.1	3.2	–	–	16.7
1965–66	Detroit	79	–	34.1	.408	–	.659	11.6	2.6	–	–	16.4
1966–67	Detroit	78	–	37.1	.415	–	.705	11.8	2.8	–	–	18.2
1967–68	Detroit	80	–	39.1	.442	–	.664	13.5	2.3	–	–	17.9
1968–69	Detroit	29	–	37.7	.447	–	.723	12.2	2.2	–	–	16.3
1968–69	New York	47	–	39.4	.442	–	.682	11.4	2.7	–	–	16.4
1969–70†	New York	79	–	33.3	.451	–	.688	10.0	2.5	–	–	14.6
1970–71	New York	81	–	35.7	.421	–	.696	11.1	2.7	–	–	15.6
1971–72	New York	80	–	38.4	.427	–	.728	11.3	3.6	–	–	15.4
1972–73†	New York	77	–	36.7	.435	–	.746	10.2	3.4	–	–	16.3
1973–74	New York	71	–	38.0	.461	–	.756	10.7	3.6	0.9	0.5	18.1
Career		875	–	35.7	.432	–	.699	11.0	2.9	0.9	0.5	16.1
All-Star		8	1	20.9	.457	–	.750	6.4	1.4	0.1	0.0	9.6

Playoffs[edit]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1963	Detroit	4	–	39.8	.424	–	.682	15.8	1.5	–	–	20.0
1968	Detroit	6	–	43.8	.425	–	.578	16.2	2.2	–	–	19.3
1969	New York	10	–	41.9	.351	–	.820	14.8	3.3	–	–	16.3
1970†	New York	19	–	36.9	.421	–	.662	11.6	2.4	–	–	16.1
1971	New York	12	–	40.7	.416	–	.659	13.0	1.8	–	–	16.4
1972	New York	16	–	38.5	.450	–	.750	12.1	2.3	–	–	16.6
1973†	New York	17	–	37.1	.442	–	.775	10.5	3.4	–	–	15.6
1974	New York	12	–	33.7	.380	–	.621	8.3	3.2	0.6	0.3	12.0
Career		96	–	38.4	.416	–	.698	12.0	2.6	0.6	0.3	16.0

References[edit]

^ [1]^{[dead link]}

^ "Data" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-04-18.

^ ^a^b Goldstein, Richard (15 May 2003). "Dave DeBusschere, 62, Relentless Forward On Knicks' Championship Teams, Is Dead" – via NYTimes.com.

^ "Dave DeBusschere". 6 August 2007.

^ "Sports Hot Line". Beaver Country Times. November 1, 1981. Retrieved April 16, 2010.

^ "Hendrickson Becomes Latest to Play In Both NBA and Major League Baseball". WSU Cougars. CBS Interactive. August 9, 2002. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2010.

^ Crowe, Jerry (August 13, 2002). "The Inside Track; Morning Briefing; New Coach Pulls the Strings in Washington". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 16, 2010.

^ "Dave DeBusschere Stats - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com.

^ Grasso, John (2011). Historical Dictionary of Basketball. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 110. ISBN 9781442255333.

^ "The Ring Timeline". The Ring. November 12, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2016.

^ ^a^b "Titans Mourn Passing Of Gerri DeBusschere". DetroitTitans.com.

External links[edit]

NBA.com career summary

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

Dave DeBusschere at Find a Grave

[1] [1]^{[dead link]}

[2] "Data" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-04-18.

[auto-3] Goldstein, Richard (15 May 2003). "Dave DeBusschere, 62, Relentless Forward On Knicks' Championship Teams, Is Dead" – via NYTimes.com.

[4] "Dave DeBusschere". 6 August 2007.

[5] "Sports Hot Line". Beaver Country Times. November 1, 1981. Retrieved April 16, 2010.

[6] "Hendrickson Becomes Latest to Play In Both NBA and Major League Baseball". WSU Cougars. CBS Interactive. August 9, 2002. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2010.

[7] Crowe, Jerry (August 13, 2002). "The Inside Track; Morning Briefing; New Coach Pulls the Strings in Washington". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 16, 2010.

[8] "Dave DeBusschere Stats - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com.

[hd-9] Grasso, John (2011). Historical Dictionary of Basketball. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 110. ISBN 9781442255333.

[ring-10] "The Ring Timeline". The Ring. November 12, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2016.

[detroittitans.com-11] "Titans Mourn Passing Of Gerri DeBusschere". DetroitTitans.com.

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