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Porter Meriwether

American basketball player (1940-2009)

Porter Louis Meriwether (March 16, 1940, November 13, 2009) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Syracuse Nationals after a collegiate career at Tennessee State University. Meriwether scored 119 points in his NBA career. He was drafted by the Hawaii Chiefs of the ABL, but chose to sign with the Nationals in the more established NBA.

From 1963 to 1969, Meriwether played with the Chicago Bombers. Beginning in 1964-1965, he led the North American Basketball League in scoring for three consecutive seasons, averaging 28.1, 28.3 and 29.9 points.

Following his basketball career, he was employed by the Cook County (Illinois) Public Defender Office.

01Career 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
1962-63 Syracuse 318.6.393.697.91.43.8
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