William D. "Red" Stroud (May 2, 1941 – March 22, 2008) was an American basketball player who played briefly in the original
American Basketball Association
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...
(ABA).
Stroud played college basketball at
Mississippi State and briefly played for the
New Orleans Buccaneers of the ABA. He played seven games for the Buccaneers during the 1967–68 season, averaging 2.9 points per game. After the end of his professional career, Stroud coached high school basketball. Stroud died of
leukemia on March 22, 2008.
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1941 births
2008 deaths
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Mississippi
Boston Celtics draft picks
Guards (basketball)
High school basketball coaches in the United States
Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball players
New Orleans Buccaneers players
People from Forest, Mississippi
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