Paul Winford "Pete" Mount (March 10, 1925 – February 3, 1990) was an American professional

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player. He played in the National Basketball League for the

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during the 1946–47 season and averaged 1.5 points per game. Pete was the father of

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player

Rick Mount Richard Carl Mount (born January 5, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player who played for Purdue University from 1966 to 1970 as well as the American Basketball Association (ABA). Mount played basketball at Lebanon Senior H ...

. In his post-basketball career, he worked at the Detroit Diesel Allison Plant in

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