Cleo Hill

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American basketball player

United States Basketball PlayersLived 1938 to 2015 · aged 77

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Cleo Hill was an American professional basketball player who was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the first round of the 1961 NBA draft. 5 points in 58 games. Hill was only the fifth African-American from an historically Black college and university to be taken in the first round of an NBA draft.

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Walter DukesAlso played for Scranton Miners

Connie DierkingAlso played for Philadelphia Tapers Willie SomersetAlso played for Scranton Miners

Bob HopkinsAlso played for Philadelphia Tapers

John BarnhillAlso played for Scranton Miners

Dan SwartzAlso played for Philadelphia Tapers

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Cleo Hill was an American professional basketball player who was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the first round of the 1961 NBA draft. A 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) guard from Newark, New Jersey and the Winston-Salem State University, Hill played in the National Basketball Association for one season with the Hawks, in 1961-62, averaging 5.5 points in 58 games. Hill was only the fifth African-American from an historically Black college and university to be taken in the first round of an NBA draft.

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