Ollie Johnson (basketball, born 1949)

Ollie Johnson
Personal information
Born (1949-05-11) May 11, 1949 (age 75)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolSouth Philadelphia
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
CollegeTemple (1969–1972)
NBA draft1972: 2nd round, 30th overall pick
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career1972–1987
PositionSmall forward
Number44, 35, 33, 27, 18
Career history
1972–1974Portland Trail Blazers
1974–1975New Orleans Jazz
1975–1977Kansas City–Omaha / Kansas City Kings
1977–1978Atlanta Hawks
1978–1980Chicago Bulls
1980–1982Philadelphia 76ers
1984–1985Hobart Devils
1985–1986Basket Groot Willebroek
1986–1987West Sydney Westars
Career highlights and awards
  • MAC University–Eastern Player of the Year (1972)
  • 2× First-team All-MAC University–Eastern (1971, 1972)
Career NBA statistics
Points5,341 (7.7 ppg)
Rebounds2,280 (3.3 rpg)
Assists1,212 (1.8 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Ollie Johnson (born May 11, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player.

A 6'6" forward from Temple University, Johnson played ten seasons (1972–1982) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Jazz, Kansas City Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, and Philadelphia 76ers. He averaged 7.7 points per game in his NBA career.[1]

He became director of athletics at the Community College of Philadelphia, retiring in 2011.[2]

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[1]

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1972–73 Portland 78 27.4 .497 .757 5.3 2.6 9.9
1973–74 Portland 79 21.7 .482 .819 4.1 2.1 .8 .4 6.3
1974–75 New Orleans 43 27.0 .465 .805 4.1 1.9 1.0 .5 7.9
1974–75 Kansas City–Omaha 30 16.9 .492 .892 2.2 1.0 .6 .4 5.4
1975–76 Kansas City 81 26.5 .513 .839 4.4 1.8 .8 .5 10.1
1976–77 Kansas City 81 17.1 .489 .878 2.6 1.3 .5 .3 6.6
1977–78 Atlanta 82 20.8 .472 .854 3.2 1.5 1.0 .4 8.5
1978–79 Chicago 71 34 24.4 .520 .800 3.2 2.3 .8 .5 9.2
1979–80 Chicago 79 1 19.4 .497 .091 .882 2.1 2.0 .7 .3 7.7
1980–81 Philadelphia 40 0 9.3 .551 .167 .871 1.4 .8 .5 .1 5.1
1981–82 Philadelphia 26 0 5.8 .500 .333 .857 .8 .4 .5 .1 2.3
Career 690 35 21.1 .496 .150 .827 3.3 1.8 .7 .4 7.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1975 Kansas City–Omaha 6 27.7 .464 1.000 3.8 1.0 1.2 .7 10.7
1978 Atlanta 2 10.5 .364 – 1.5 1.0 .5 .5 4.0
1981 Philadelphia 8 2.8 .300 .000 – .6 .3 .3 .1 .8
Career 16 13.1 .429 .000 1.000 1.9 .6 .6 .4 4.9

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Ollie Johnson NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  2. ^ CCP Athletic Department. Retrieved on July 30, 2016.
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