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American basketball player (born 1943)

Dorie Murrey

Dorie Murrey

Key facts

date of birthSeptember 7, 1943
height203cm
educated atUniversity of Detroit Mercy
occupationbasketball player
place of birthDetroit
mass215 pound
All data from the card 17
Born
September 7, 1943
Listed height
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight
215 lb (98 kg)
High school
Cass Technical(Detroit, Michigan)
College
Detroit Mercy (1963–1966)
NBA draft
1966: 2nd round, 12th overall pick
Drafted by
Detroit Pistons
Playing career
1966–1972
Position
Power forward / center
Number
25, 41, 40
1966–1967
Detroit Pistons
1967–1970
Seattle SuperSonics
1970
Portland Trail Blazers
1970–1972
Baltimore Bullets
Points
1,683 (4.7 ppg)
Rebounds
1,555 (4.4 rpg)
Assists
226 (0.6 apg)

Dorie S. Murrey (born September 7, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a 6-foot-8-inch (2.03 m), 215-pound (97+1⁄2 kg) power forward and he played collegiately at the University of Detroit Mercy. He has played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1966 to 1972. He was originally selected with the second pick in the 2nd round of the 1966 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons, his hometown team.

Murray was taken in two expansion drafts. In 1967, he was made available by the Pistons to be selected by the Seattle SuperSonics, and in 1970, he was made available by the Sonics to be selected by the Portland Trail Blazers. He was traded three games into the 1970–71 season, on October 10, 1970, by the Trail Blazers to the Baltimore Bullets in exchange for a 1971 2nd round draft choice (Rick Fisher). During his six-year NBA career Murrey averaged 4.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in 357 career games.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1966–67 Detroit 35 8.9 .402 .593 2.9 .3 2.8
1967–68 Seattle 81 18.4 .436 .689 7.4 .8 7.3
1968–69 Seattle 38 12.2 .387 .639 3.9 .6 5.6
1969–70 Seattle 81 13.3 .446 .731 4.4 .9 5.5
1970–71 Portland 2 10.0 .167 .818 3.5 .5 5.5
1970–71 Baltimore 69 10.1 .448 .653 3.1 .4 3.2
1971–72 Baltimore 51 8.3 .381 .615 2.5 .3 2.2
Career 357 12.6 .425 .679 4.4 .6 4.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1971 Baltimore 16 5.8 .481 .636 2.1 .1 2.1
1972 Baltimore 1 1.0 – – .0 .0 .0
Career 17 5.5 .481 .636 1.9 .1 1.9

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