Ex-NBA player Meriweather dead at 59
He was not on the list.
Former NBA player Joe C. Meriweather, who later coached
women’s basketball at Park University in Missouri, has died in Columbus, Ga. He
was 59.
Park athletic department spokesman Steve Wilson says
Meriweather, of Phenix City, Ala., died unexpectedly Sunday, and cause of death
was unknown.
Wilson said Meriweather is the most successful women’s
basketball coach in Park University history. He led the team to its only NAIA
national championship tournament in the 2005-06 season.
The 10-year NBA veteran played for the Houston Rockets, the
Atlanta Hawks, the New Orleans Jazz, the New York Knicks and the Kansas City
Kings. He also had played in Italy and Spain.
The 6-foot-10 Meriweather was the 11th pick in the 1975 NBA
draft out of Southern Illinois and is in its hall of fame..
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