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Archie Dees

Age 90 · USA · 203 cm (6'8") · 93 kg · Born Feb 22, 1936 · Indiana

9.0 PPG 5.2 RPG 0.7 APG 141 games 2 seasons

Career snapshot

2seasons
141games
1,265career pts
17.2PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 73 games · 1959-60–1959-60

Position rank · 1959-60

#12PPG rank
#3PER rank
#4WS rank
Among 20 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 9.7 1959-60 · DET
RPG 5.4 1959-60 · DET
APG 0.8 1958-59 · SAC
PER 17.2 1959-60 · DET
WS 3.7 1959-60 · DET

Draft

1958
Round 1 · Pick 2
by Sacramento Kings
from Indiana

Career by team

Detroit Pistons
1959-60 – 1959-60 · 1 seasons
9.7 PPG 5.4 RPG 0.6 APG
73 games
Sacramento Kings
1958-59 – 1958-59 · 1 seasons
8.2 PPG 5.0 RPG 0.8 APG
68 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1958-59 SAC 68 0 18.4 8.2 5.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 35.6 0.0 77.9 — —
1959-60 DET 73 0 17.0 9.7 5.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 43.9 0.0 80.9 17.2 3.7

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1959 Sacramento Kings Detroit Pistons

All entries are season change.

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Born on February 22

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