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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Wendell Ladner

Positions
  
Basketball positions

Playing career
  
1970–1975

Weight
  
99.8 kg


Listed weight
  
220 lb (100 kg)

Height
  
1.96 m

Listed height
  
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Role
  
Basketball Player

Date joined
  
1974

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Born
  
October 6, 1948Necaise Crossing, Mississippi (
1948-10-06
)

College
  
Southern Miss (1967–1970)

Died
  
June 24, 1975, New York City, New York, United States

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Wendell Ladner (October 6, 1948 – June 24, 1975) was an American professional basketball player.

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Ladner was born in Necaise Crossing, Hancock County, Mississippi and played high school ball at Hancock North Central High School in Kiln, Mississippi. After attending the University of Southern Mississippi, he played five seasons with five different teams in the ABA, from 1970 to 1975. A 6'5" (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) forward, Ladner was one of the great "enforcers" of the American Basketball Association, protecting Dan Issel of the Kentucky Colonels and Julius Erving of the New York Nets. He was named to the 1971 ABA All-Rookie team.

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Ladner died at the age of 26 in the June 24, 1975, crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 66. He was identified by medical examiners because he was wearing his ABA championship ring. For many years, the Nets listed his name and number in their list of retired numbers, though Ladner's No. 4 did not hang in the rafters with the other retired numbers. His number was also given to Rick Mahorn during his tenure with the Nets. In October 2013, a New York Daily News article explained that the number was never formally retired. However, out of respect to Ladner, Nets trainer Fritz Massmann had not issued No. 4 to other players for 17 years after Ladner's death.

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Julius Erving called Ladner his wackiest teammate because he wanted to be Burt Reynolds with a basketball. Semi-Pro, a basketball comedy set in the 1970s and starring Will Ferrell, spoofs Ladner's Burt Reynolds persona in its trailer.

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References

Wendell Ladner Wikipedia


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