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Phil Smith

American basketball player (1952-2002)

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Also known as Phillip Arnold Smith · Philip Arnold Smith

Born: April 22, 1952
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Died: July 29, 2002
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Birthplace: San Francisco
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2021-08-17
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Place of death: Escondido
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2021-08-17
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: basketball player
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1.Stated in RealGMRetrieved 2022-04-04
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Education: George Washington High School
, University of San Francisco
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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Height: 193 cm
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1.Stated in Basketball ReferenceRetrieved 2017-02-05
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Overview

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Philip Arnold Smith was an American professional basketball player who played for nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for various teams, including the Golden State Warriors, San Diego Clippers and Seattle SuperSonics. Smith played college basketball for the San Francisco Dons.

Overview

NBA stats — season by season

9 seasons · from AIDb's NBA dataset

Season	Team	G	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	PPG	RPG	APG
1974–75	GSW	74	—	1,055	569	140	135	62	0	47.600	—	80.400	7.7	1.9	1.8
1975–76	GSW	82	82	2,793	1,641	376	362	108	18	47.700	—	78.800	20.0	4.6	4.4
1976–77	GSW	82	82	2,880	1,557	332	328	98	29	47.900	—	78.500	19.0	4.0	4.0
1977–78	GSW	82	82	2,940	1,612	300	393	108	27	47.200	—	81.200	19.7	3.7	4.8
1978–79	GSW	59	—	2,288	1,172	212	261	101	23	50.100	—	76.100	19.9	3.6	4.4
1979–80	GSW	51	—	1,552	792	146	187	62	15	47.400	31.800	78.900	15.5	2.9	3.7
1980–81	SDC	76	—	2,378	1,279	156	372	84	18	49.100	22.200	75.700	16.8	2.1	4.9
1981–82	SDC, SEA	74	41	2,042	848	186	307	67	27	44.700	18.500	73.100	11.5	2.5	4.1
1982–83	SEA	79	17	1,238	454	130	216	44	8	43.800	37.500	75.900	5.7	1.6	2.7
Career		659	304	19,166	9,924	1,978	2,561	734	165	.476	.253	.779	15.1	3.0	3.9

Career stats

Appears in

1 linked to Phil Smith in Wikidata

IInside Moves1980 · 1980 film by Richard Donner

All data

51 statements · 35% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Los Angeles Clippers
Seattle SuperSonics
Golden State Warriors
San Francisco Dons men's basketball(1971–1974)
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Position played on team / speciality: shooting guard
Cause of death: multiple myeloma
Given name: Philip
Family name: Smith
Sport: basketball
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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Manner of death: natural causes
Drafted by: Golden State Warriors
Mass: 84 kg
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1.Stated in Basketball ReferenceRetrieved 2017-02-05
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Name in native language: Phil Smith
Country for sport: United States
End of work period: 1983
Start of work period: 1974
League: NCAA Division I men's basketball(1971–1974)
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Ethnic group: African Americans
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Father: Benjamin Smith, Sr.
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Residence: San Francisco
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Mother: Thelma Vivian Smith
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1.usfblogs.usfca.edu/sfchangemakers/2020/07/01/thelma-and-benjamin-smith/
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Native language: English

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