Sam L. Sibert, born February 11, 1949, is a retired American professional
basketball
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player. He was born in
McCormick, South Carolina
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and went to
Crane High School in
Chicago
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.
He played briefly in the
NBA
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with the
Kansas City-Omaha Kings
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, averaging 2.4 points per game in five games during the 1972–73 season. Sibert attended
Eastern Oklahoma State College
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then transferred to
Texas Tech University
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in 1969 before attending
Kentucky State University
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. Sibert was taken in the second round of the
1972 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals.
Career statistics
NBA
Source
Regular season
References
External links
NBA.com Playerfile
1949 births
Living people
20th-century American sportsmen
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Chicago
Basketball players from South Carolina
Crane High School (Chicago) alumni
Denver Rockets draft picks
Forwards (basketball)
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Kansas City Kings draft picks
Kansas City Kings players
Kentucky State Thorobreds basketball players
People from McCormick, South Carolina
Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball players
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