Archie Dees

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Archie Dees

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 205

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|02|22}}

| birth_place = Ethel, Mississippi, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|04|04|1936|02|22}}

| death_place = Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.

| high_school = Mount Carmel
(Mount Carmel, Illinois)

| college = Indiana (1955–1958)

| draft_year = 1958

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 2

| draft_team = Cincinnati Royals

| career_start = 1958

| career_end = 1962

| career_number = 22, 44, 29

| career_position = Power forward / center | years1 = {{nbay|1958|full=y}}

| team1 = Cincinnati Royals

| years2 = {{nbay|1959|start}}–{{nbay|1960|end}}

| team2 = Detroit Pistons

| years3 = {{nbay|1961|start}}

| team3 = Chicago Packers

| years4 = {{nbay|1961|start}}

| team4 = St. Louis Hawks

| years5 = 1961–1962

| team5 = Cleveland Pipers

| highlights =

Consensus second-team All-American (1958)

|stats_league= NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 1,548 (8.1 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 907 (4.8 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 132 (0.7 apg)

}}

William Archie Dees (February 22, 1936 – April 4, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. Dees was the second-overall pick in the 1958 NBA draft from Indiana University.

Basketball career

A 6'8" forward/center born in Ethel, Mississippi, Dees started his basketball career at Mount Carmel High School in Mount Carmel, Illinois. He was later named an All-American his senior year, scoring a record 2,337 points.{{Cite web |last=Osterman |first=Zach |date=April 4, 2016 |title=IU basketball great Archie Dees dies at 80 |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2016/04/04/indiana-hoosiers-archie-dees-passes-away/82605802/ |access-date=September 6, 2023 |website=The Indianapolis Star |language=en-US}}

Afterward, he attended Indiana University, where he received the Big Ten Conference Most Valuable Player award twice, in 1957 and 1958. Dees is one of three people (the others being Jerry Lucas and Scott May) to have received multiple Big Ten MVP honors.

When he graduated in 1958, Dees was drafted as the second-overall pick by the Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association.{{Cite web |last=Houser |first=Lynn |date=July 18, 2013 |title=Dees in good company |url=https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/2006/12/05/dees-in-good-company/118016562/ |access-date=September 6, 2023 |website=The Herald-Times |language=en-US}} He went on to play four seasons in the league with the Royals, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Packers, and St. Louis Hawks.{{Cite web |last=Bozich |first=Alex |date=April 4, 2016 |title=IU basketball legend Archie Dees dies at age 80 |url=https://www.insidethehall.com/2016/04/04/iu-basketball-legend-archie-dees-dies-age-80/ |access-date=September 6, 2023 |website=Inside the Hall |language=en-US}}

Honors and personal life

Dees was inducted into the Indiana University Hall of Fame in 1983.

In 2001, he was named to the Indiana University All-Century Team.

Dees died April 4, 2016, in Bloomington, Indiana.

Career statistics

=NBA=

Source{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/deesar01.html|title=Archie Dees NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=12 December 2023}}

==Regular season==

Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
style="text-align:left;"\| 1958–59 \|style="text-align:left;"\| Cincinnati \| 68	18.4	.356	.779	5.0	.8	8.2
style="text-align:left;"\| 1959–60 \|style="text-align:left;"\| Detroit \| 73	17.0	.439	.809	5.4	.6	9.7
style="text-align:left;"\| 1960–61 \|style="text-align:left;"\| Detroit \| 28	11.0	.393	.830	3.4	.6	5.2
style="text-align:left;"\| 1961–62 \|style="text-align:left;"\| Chicago \| 13	16.7	.437	.771	4.5	.9	7.9
style="text-align:left;"\| {{nbay\|1961\|nolink=y}} \|style="text-align:left;"\| St. Louis \| 8	8.9	.464	.727	2.4	.5	4.3
class="sortbottom" \|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\|Career \| 190	16.3	.402	.794	4.8	.7	8.1

==Playoffs==

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG
style="text-align:left;"\| 1960 \| style="text-align:left;"\| Detroit \| 2	9.0	.333	1.000	2.0	1.0	5.5

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"

Year

! Team

! GP

! MPG

! FG%

! FT%

! RPG

! APG

! PPG

style="text-align:left;"| 1960

| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit