Grady McCollum

Grady McCollum was a professional basketball player in the United States.^[1] He starred for Western Illinois University Leathernecks before playing professionally for the Cleveland Pipers and then for the Hawaii / Long Beach Chiefs. Pipers' manager George Steinbrenner reportedly traded him before halftime of a game to the Hawaii team.^[2] He also played for the Harlem Globetrotters and Chicago Bombers.^[3] He was inducted into the Wester Illinois University Hall of Fame in 1984.^[4]

References

^ Nelson, Murry R. (April 5, 2013). Abe Saperstein and the American Basketball League, 1960-1963: The Upstarts Who Shot for Three and Lost to the NBA. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7244-4 – via Google Books.
^ Thomas, Ron (March 1, 2004). They Cleared the Lane: The NBA's Black Pioneers. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-9454-9 – via Google Books.
^ "ABL-Grady McCollum". www.nasljerseys.com.
^ "Grady McCollum (1984) - Hall of Fame". Western Illinois University Athletics.

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[1] Nelson, Murry R. (April 5, 2013). Abe Saperstein and the American Basketball League, 1960-1963: The Upstarts Who Shot for Three and Lost to the NBA. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7244-4 – via Google Books.

[2] Thomas, Ron (March 1, 2004). They Cleared the Lane: The NBA's Black Pioneers. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-9454-9 – via Google Books.

[3] "ABL-Grady McCollum". www.nasljerseys.com.

[hof-4] "Grady McCollum (1984) - Hall of Fame". Western Illinois University Athletics.

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