Pete Cross

Peter Michael Cross (March 28, 1948 – January 2, 1977) was an American basketball player. Cross was drafted in the second round of the 1970 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. He played for Seattle as well as the Kansas City-Omaha Kings in the NBA. He played college basketball for the San Francisco Dons.

Pete Cross
Personal information
Born(1948-03-28)March 28, 1948
DiedJanuary 2, 1977(1977-01-02) (aged 28)
Redmond, Washington
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High schoolBakersfield (Bakersfield, California)
CollegeSan Francisco (1967–1970)
NBA draft1970: 2nd round, 23rd overall pick
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
PositionPower forward / center
Number41
Career history
1970–1972Seattle SuperSonics
1972Kansas City-Omaha Kings
1972–1973Seattle SuperSonics
1975Iberia Superstars
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Career

A 6'9" center, Cross played collegiately for San Francisco. He was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 1970 NBA draft and the Kentucky Colonels in the 1970 American Basketball Association draft.[1]

Cross played three seasons (1970–1973) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics and Kansas City-Omaha Kings. His best NBA season was his first, in which he averaged eight points and twelve rebounds per game. His 12 rebounds per game in 1970–71 is still the SuperSonics' rookie record.

He played for the Iberia Superstars in the European Professional Basketball League in 1975.[2]

Death

On January 2, 1977, Cross was found dead in his home in Redmond, Washington. His wife said that he had had epileptic seizures. He was 28.[3]

Cross was posthumously inducted into the University of San Francisco Dons Hall of Fame (1979),[4] and the Kern County Sports Hall of Fame (1993).[5]

References
  1. "BasketballReference.com Pete Cross page".
  2. "Asi es el "Iberia Superstars" que mañana llega a Barcelona" [This is how the "Iberia Superstars", who arrive in Barcelona tomorrow, are [organised]] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 26 January 1975. p. 55. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. "Lewiston Morning Tribune - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. "San Francisco Dons Hall of Fame: Pete Cross". Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  5. "Kern County Hall of Fame: Pete Cross". Retrieved 2019-09-08.


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