Johnny High facts for kids
Personal information | |
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Born | Birmingham, Alabama |
April 25, 1957
Nationality | American |
Died | June 13, 1987 Phoenix, Arizona |
(aged 30)
High school | Jones Valley (Birmingham, Alabama) |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
College |
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NBA Draft | 1979 / Round: 2 / Pick: 24th overall |
Selected by the Phoenix Suns | |
Pro career | 1979–1984 |
Career history | |
1979–1984 | Phoenix Suns |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 1,396 (5.1 ppg) |
Rebounds | 617 (1.9 rpg) |
Assists | 525 (1.2 apg) |
Johnny Harold "Sky" High (April 25, 1957 – June 13, 1987) was an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. He spent four seasons with Phoenix and missed only one game in his first three years.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, High attended high school at Birmingham's Jones Valley High School. He went on to play college basketball at Lawson State Community College and University of Nevada and was selected by Phoenix in the second round of the 1979 NBA draft. As of February 2018, he is the last Nevada Wolf Pack player to achieve a triple double in a game. During an NBA game against Washington on January 28, 1981, High recorded nine steals.
High died in an early-morning automobile accident on June 13, 1987 in Phoenix, Arizona.
See also
In Spanish: Johnny High para niños
- List of National Basketball Association players with most steals in a game