George Bucci

{{short description|American basketball player}}

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

{{BLP sources|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = George Bucci

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|7|9}}

| birth_place = Cornwall, New York

| nationality = American

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 200

| high_school = Newburgh Free Academy
(Newburgh, New York)

| college = Manhattan (1972–1975)

| draft_year = 1975

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 52

| draft_team = Buffalo Braves

| career_start = 1975

| career_end = 1992

| career_position = Shooting guard

| career_number = 11

| years1 = {{abay|1975|full=y}}

| team1 = New York Nets

| years2 = 1977–1980

| team2 = Mens Sana Siena

| years3 = 1981–1984

| team3 = Mens Sana Siena

| years4 = 1984–1985

| team4 = Ellepi Irnerio

| years5 = 1985–1990

| team5 = Fortitudo Bologna

| years6 = 1990–1991

| team6 = Montecatini SC

| years7 = 1991–1992

| team7 = Mens Sana Siena

| highlights =

• ABA champion (1976)

}}

George P. Bucci Jr. (born July 9, 1953) is an American former basketball player.

He played collegiately for the Manhattan College.

He was selected by the Buffalo Braves in the third round (52nd pick overall) of the 1975 NBA draft and by the New York Nets in the 1975 ABA Draft.

He played for the New York Nets in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the 1975–76 season and won an ABA championship with them. He was not used much as their 5th guard, and during the season the team permitted him to start an oil distribution company.{{cite news|title=Nets' Bucci: Fifth Guard, Businessman|newspaper=Daily News|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2022-04-08|author=Borgi, Augie|date=February 4, 1976|page=73|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99326748/daily-news/}}

The Net's cut Bucci before the 1976–77 season.{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2022-04-08|date=November 21, 1976|newspaper=Poughkeepsie Journal|author=Jacobs, Andy|page=5B|title=Former Net George Bucci Plans for Future|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99326971/poughkeepsie-journal/}} From 1977 until 1992 he played in the Lega Basket Serie A

In the 1990s he was elected to political office, as councilman and later supervisor of Newburgh, New York.

In 2018, Bucci was inducted into MAAC Honor Roll.{{cite web |title=George Bucci & Leigh Ann Walker-Finley Named 2018 Manhattan College MAAC Basketball Honor Roll Inductees |url=https://maacsports.com/news/2018/8/16/mens-basketball-george-bucci-leigh-ann-walker-finley-named-2018-manhattan-college-maac-basketball-honor-roll-inductees.aspx |website=maacsports.com |accessdate=November 19, 2019 |date=August 16, 2018}}{{cite web |title=George Bucci (2018) - Honor Roll |url=https://maacsports.com/hof.aspx?hof=167 |website=maacsports.com |accessdate=November 19, 2019}}