Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the acf domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/druzevet/hoopshallny.org/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6260

Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the rocket domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/druzevet/hoopshallny.org/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6260
Alfred “Butch” Lee, 2003 NYC Basketball Hall of Famer

Alfred “Butch” Lee
Warning: implode(): Invalid arguments passed in /home/druzevet/hoopshallny.org/wp-content/themes/Divi_Child/functions.php on line 248
 Inducted in 2003

Home | Hall of Famers | Alfred “Butch” Lee
Player Inducted in 2003
Alfred Butch Lee Alfred “Butch” Lee, Inducted into the NYC Hall of Fame in 2003
Photo credit: (USA Today)
Alfred "Butch" Lee was 1st Team, PSAL All-City basketball player at  DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. Lee attended Marquette University, (1974-1978). The Puerto Rican native qualified for the Puerto Rican national basketball team,  in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Lee led Marquette to the Final Four.  He is the first Puerto Rican player to play in the National Basketball Association, he was drafted in the first round of the 1978 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks. the Los Angeles Lakers, where, he played alongside Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, among others, for eleven games, before his injury recurred, forcing him to retire. He did, however, win an NBA championship ring, as the Lakers went on to beat the Philadelphia 76ers in that season's NBA Finals.

 
Hall of Famer's Wikipedia Page