Dale Schlueter

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Dale Schlueter

| image = Dale Schlueter and Wilt Chamberlain.png

| width = 200px

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 225

| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|11|12}}

| birth_place = Tacoma, Washington, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|7|24|1945|11|12}}

| death_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.

| high_school = George Washington
(Denver, Colorado)

| college = Colorado State (1964–1967)

| draft_year = 1967

| draft_round = 6

| draft_pick = 63

| draft_team = San Francisco Warriors

| career_start = 1968

| career_end = 1978

| career_number = 54

| career_position = Center

| years1 = {{nbay|1968|start}}–{{nbay|1969|end}}

| team1 = San Francisco Warriors

| years2 = {{nbay|1970|start}}–{{nbay|1971|end}}

| team2 = Portland Trail Blazers

| years3 = {{nbay|1972|full=y}}

| team3 = Philadelphia 76ers

| years4 = {{nbay|1973|full=y}}

| team4 = Atlanta Hawks

| years5 = {{nbay|1974|start}}–{{nbay|1975|end}}

| team5 = Buffalo Braves

| years6 = {{nbay|1976|full=y}}

| team6 = Phoenix Suns

| years7 = {{nbay|1977|full=y}}

| team7 = Portland Trail Blazers

| highlights =

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 3,130 (5.3 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 3,034 (5.2 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 920 (1.6 apg)

}}

Dale Wayne Schlueter (November 12, 1945 – July 24, 2014) was an American professional basketball player born in Tacoma, Washington.

A 6'10" center from Colorado State University, Schlueter was selected by the San Francisco Warriors in the sixth round of the 1967 NBA draft and by the Houston Mavericks in the 1967 ABA Draft.

Schlueter played in the National Basketball Association from 1968 to 1978 as a member of the San Francisco Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks, Buffalo Braves, and Phoenix Suns. He was one of the Trail Blazers' original players, as he had been selected from the Warriors in the 1970 NBA expansion draft.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2014/07/dale_schlueter_an_original_member_of_portland_trai.html|title = Dale Schlueter, an original member of Portland Trail Blazers, dies at 68|date = 25 July 2014}} He was traded from the Trail Blazers to the 76ers for Dave Wohl on October 2, 1972.[https://www.nytimes.com/1972/10/03/archives/76ers-trade-wohl.html "76ers Trade Wohl," United Press International (UPI), Monday, October 2, 1972.] Retrieved May 22, 2023. He averaged 5.3 points and 5.2 rebounds over his career.{{cite basketball-reference |id=s/schluda01 |name=Dale Schlueter NBA stats|accessdate=August 17, 2024}} He died of cancer on July 24, 2014.