Rory Wilbur White (born August 16, 1959) is an American former professional

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, he played

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, and was the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 1979. He was selected with the 17th pick of the fourth round of the

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. He averaged 11.7 points and 0.99 steals per game with the

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in 1985–86, arguably his best season.

College career

White played

at the

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from 1977 to 1982. At South Alabama, he won numerous awards, including the

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player of the year award in 1979. Additionally, White was named to the All-Conference team three times and was named to the 1982 Sun Belt All-Tournament team. In 1979, White helped South Alabama to the Sun Belt regular season title and a trip to the 1979 NCAA tournament, where the Jaguars lost in the first round to Louisville University. White would suffer a serious knee injury in 1980, causing him to miss nearly the entire 1979–80 season, playing in only two games.

Professional career

After his career at South Alabama, White became just the second player from South Alabama at the time to be drafted into the NBA (after Ed Rains in 1981). White spent five seasons in the NBA playing for various teams, including the

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, and San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers. After his NBA career ended in 1987, White played in the CBA (with Santa Barbara, Rapid City, Oklahoma City and Fargo-Moorhead) and overseas (Argentina, Belgium, Israel, Italy and Spain).Rory White NBA coach file
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Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 1982–83 , align="left" , Phoenix , 65 , , 0 , , 9.6 , , .543 , , .000 , , .642 , , 1.6 , , 0.5 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 5.0 , - , align="left" , 1983–84 , align="left" , Phoenix , 22 , , 2 , , 14.0 , , .479 , , .000 , , .571 , , 2.8 , , 0.6 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 7.4 , - , align="left" , 1983–84 , align="left" ,

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, 8 , , 0 , , 5.6 , , .412 , , .000 , , .400 , , 1.0 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 2.0 , - , align="left" , 1983–84 , align="left" ,

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, 6 , , 0 , , 3.2 , , .444 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 1.3 , - , align="left" , 1984–85 , align="left" ,

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, 80 , , 14 , , 13.8 , , .516 , , .000 , , .692 , , 2.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.3 , , 4.7 , - , align="left" , 1985–86 , align="left" ,

, 75 , , 30 , , 23.5 , , .519 , , .111 , , .739 , , 2.4 , , 1.0 , , 1.0 , , 0.1 , , 11.7 , - , align="left" , 1986–87 , align="left" ,

, 68 , , 35 , , 22.7 , , .480 , , .000 , , .653 , , 2.9 , , 1.2 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 9.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 324 , , 81 , , 16.7 , , .506 , , .077 , , .681 , , 2.3 , , 0.7 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 7.4

Playoffs

, - , align="left" , 1982–83 , align="left" , Phoenix , 3 , , – , , 13.3 , , .500 , , .000 , , .500 , , 3.3 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 5.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 3 , , – , , 13.3 , , .500 , , .000 , , .500 , , 3.3 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 5.3

College

, - , align="left" , 1977–78 , align="left" , South Alabama , 28 , , – , , 19.2 , , .539 , , – , , .635 , , 4.4 , , 0.3 , , – , , 0.5 , , 8.1 , - , align="left" , 1978–79 , align="left" , South Alabama , 27 , , – , , 31.7 , , .553 , , – , , .670 , , 8.4 , , – , , – , , – , , 19.0 , - , align="left" , 1979–80 , align="left" , South Alabama , 2 , , – , , 5.0 , , .750 , , – , , .000 , , 0.5 , , – , , – , , – , , 3.0 , - , align="left" , 1980–81 , align="left" , South Alabama , 31 , , – , , 33.3 , , .589 , , – , , .721 , , 6.6 , , 0.5 , , – , , – , , 16.4 , - , align="left" , 1981–82 , align="left" , South Alabama , 28 , , 24 , , 33.5 , , .562 , , – , , .703 , , 6.5 , , 1.0 , , 0.8 , , 0.4 , , 16.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 116 , , 24 , , 29.1 , , .564 , , – , , .686 , , 6.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 14.9

References

External links

Rory White NBA coach file
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