Butch Lee Basketball player

Alfred "Butch" Lee, Jr. (born December 5, 1956) is a retired Puerto Rican professional basketball player. He began his career in the NCAA, where he gathered several "Player of the Year" recognitions and earned All-American honors as both a junior and senior while at Marquette University. Lee was selected as the Most Outstanding Player at the 1977 Final Four where he led the Warriors to the school's first national championship. The university recognized this by retiring his jersey. Lee was the first Puerto Rican and Latin American-born athlete to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), accomplishing this after being selected in the first round of the 1978 NBA draft. There he played for the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Lakers. Lee concluded his career in the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN). He is known to be the only professional basketball player to win championships in the NCAA, NBA, and BSN. Lee was a member of the Puerto Rico national basketball team.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 05, 1956
Birth place
Santurce San Juan Puerto Rico
Nationality
Puerto Rican people
Height (meters)1.8288
Weight (Kilograms)83.916

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Basketball player

Career start1975
career end1990
college
Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
draft team
Atlanta Hawks
draft year1978
position
Point guard

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