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Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Basketball Player

Position
  
Power forward

Name
  
Harry Davis

Listed weight
  
220 lb (100 kg)

Weight
  
100 kg

Listed height
  
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)

Height
  
2.01 m


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Born
  
January 27, 1956 (age 68) Cleveland, Ohio (
1956-01-27
)

High school
  
Cathedral Latin (Cleveland, Ohio)

College
  
Florida State (1974–1978)

NBA draft
  
1978 / Round: 2 / Pick: 33rd overall

Education
  
Florida State University

Harry A. Davis (born January 27, 1957) is a retired American basketball player who played for two seasons in the NBA for the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs.

Harry Davis (basketball) Harry Davis

Davis, a 6'7 forward from Cathedral Latin High School in Cleveland, Davis played for coach Hugh Durham at Florida State University from 1974–78. Davis scored 1,514 points in his career, averaging 14.0 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. His best year was 1977–78, where he averaged 19.5 points and 7.4 rebounds per game and was named Metro Conference co-player of the year with Louisville's Rick Wilson. He led the Seminoles to the 1978 NCAA tournament.

Following his collegiate career, Davis was drafted by his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1978 NBA draft (second round, pick #33). He played one season with the Cavaliers, averaging 4.1 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in 40 games. He was waived the following season, but signed a 10-day contract with the San Antonio Spurs. He averaged 3.3 points and 1.4 rebounds per game in his last 4 games in the NBA.

Davis played in the Continental Basketball Association until 1985, most notably for the Atlantic City Hi-Rollers, where he finished among the league's top scorers in 1981 and 1982. Davis also played in Europe.

Davis was inducted into the Florida State University athletic Hall of Fame in 1998.

References

Harry Davis (basketball) Wikipedia