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Ray Felix

Age 95 · USA · 211 cm (6'11") · 100 kg · Born Dec 10, 1930 · Long Island University

12.1 PPG 9.5 RPG 0.7 APG 526 games 7 seasons

Career snapshot

7seasons
526games
6,365career pts
16.7PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: New York Knicks · 376 games · 1954-55–1959-60

Position rank · 1959-60

#16PPG rank
#18PER rank
#17WS rank
Among 20 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 17.6 1953-54 · —
RPG 13.3 1953-54 · —
APG 1.1 1953-54 · —
PER 20.9 1954-55 · NYK
WS 7.2 1954-55 · NYK

Draft

1953
Round 1 · Pick 2
by Washington Wizards
from Long Island University

Honors & awards

1×
All-Star Selection
1953
1×
NBA Rookie of the Year
1953

Career by team

Los Angeles Lakers
1959-60 – 1959-60 · 1 seasons
8.4 PPG 8.3 RPG 0.9 APG
31 games
New York Knicks
1954-55 – 1959-60 · 6 seasons
12.0 PPG 9.1 RPG 0.7 APG
376 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1953-54 NBA 72 0 37.1 17.6 13.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 41.7 0.0 63.8 — —
1954-55 NYK 72 0 28.1 14.4 11.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 43.8 0.0 62.2 20.9 7.2
1955-56 NYK 72 0 23.6 12.3 8.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 41.5 0.0 70.6 18.6 5.5
1956-57 NYK 72 0 22.5 12.0 8.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 41.6 0.0 74.7 19.0 5.5
1957-58 NYK 72 0 23.7 12.2 10.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 44.2 0.0 69.7 18.9 5.8
1958-59 NYK 72 0 22.1 10.4 7.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 37.1 0.0 71.3 14.0 2.0
1959-60 NBA 47 0 18.8 7.3 7.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 38.3 0.0 62.5 — —
1959-60 LAL 31 0 22.5 8.4 8.3 0.9 0.0 0.0 40.2 0.0 64.6 — —
1959-60 NYK 16 0 11.6 5.1 5.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 33.0 0.0 57.6 8.9 -0.2

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 1959 Los Angeles Lakers New York Knicks mid season trade From 1959-60 to 1959-60
Jul 1959 New York Knicks Los Angeles Lakers season change

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About Ray Felix

Raymond Darlington Felix Sr. was an American professional basketball player. He was born in New York City. He played high school basketball at Metropolitan High School in New York and college basketball at Long Island University. Felix was drafted No. 1 overall pick in the 1953 NBA draft, the first African American first selection in NBA history.