Bobby Lewis (basketball, born 1945)

Bobby Lewis

Personal information
Born	(1945-03-20) March 20, 1945 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	St. John's (Washington, D.C.)
College	North Carolina (1964–1967)
NBA draft	1967: 4th round, 39th overall pick
Selected by the San Francisco Warriors
Playing career	1967–1971
Position	Shooting guard
Number	15, 5
Career history
1967–1970	San Francisco Warriors
1970–1971	Cleveland Cavaliers
Career highlights and awards
2× Third-team All-American – NABC (1966, 1967) Third-team All-American – AP (1966) 2× First-team All-ACC (1966, 1967) Second-team All-ACC (1965) First-team Parade All-American (1963)
Career NBA statistics
Points	1,481 (5.8 ppg)
Rebounds	533 (2.1 rpg)
Assists	555 (2.2 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Robert Franklin Lewis (born March 20, 1945) is an American former basketball player.

Lewis grew up in Northwest Washington, D.C., and developed a lot of his skills at the Jelleff's Boys Club in Georgetown, under the tutelage of Joe Branzell.

He played in high school at DC's St. John's College High School, playing for coach Joe Gallagher.

In his junior year, Lewis averaged 25.4 ppg, scoring a season high 40 vs the Georgetown frosh, and was named first team All Met.

In his Sr year, Lewis was the Daily News SSA Player of the Year, named first team All Met for the second year in a row, and capped it off with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show as a Parade Magazine All-American for 1963.

He then played for Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina, where he played an integral role on the 1967 ACC Champion and Final Four team. He averaged 27.4 points per game in 1966, the second-highest single-season average in UNC history. On December 16, 1965, he scored 49 points against Florida State, the most ever for a UNC player. He currently ranks tenth all time in scoring at UNC with 1,836 career points.

He was an All-ACC and All-America selection in 1966 and 1967. Because of his national accolades, Lewis' number 22 was honored by the University of North Carolina and currently hangs in the rafters of the Dean Smith Center.

He was selected by the San Francisco Warriors in the 4th round (39th pick overall) of the 1967 NBA draft. He was also selected by the Anaheim Amigos in the 1967 ABA Draft.

He played for the Warriors in the NBA for three seasons and with the Cleveland Cavaliers for one. During his professional career, he averaged 5.8 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game.

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
1967–68	San Francisco	41	8.3	.391	.772	1.4	1.0	4.4
1968–69	San Francisco	62	12.2	.390	.735	1.8	1.2	5.0
1969–70	San Francisco	73	18.5	.382	.658	2.2	2.7	7.2
1970–71	Cleveland	79	23.4	.370	.717	2.6	3.1	5.9
Career		255	16.9	.381	.712	2.1	2.2	5.8

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1968	San Francisco	1	4.0	.667	–	.0	.0	4.0
1969	San Francisco	5	11.8	.393	.333	1.0	1.2	4.6
Career		6	10.5	.419	.333	.8	1.0	4.5

See also

• Sports portal

External links

• Career statistics from NBA.com  and Basketball Reference