Julius Keye

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Julius Keye

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 200

| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|9|5}}

| birth_place = Toccoa, Georgia, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|9|13|1946|9|5}}

| death_place = Marietta, Georgia, U.S.

| high_school = Lemon Street
(Marietta, Georgia)

| college =

• South Carolina State (1963–1966)
• Alcorn State (1967–1969)

| draft_year = 1969

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 38

| draft_team = Boston Celtics

| career_start = 1969

| career_end = 1975

| career_number = 52, 50, 13, 11

| career_position = Center / power forward

| years1 = 1969–1974

| team1 = Denver Rockets

| years2 = 1974–1975

| team2 = Memphis Sounds

| highlights =

• ABA All-Star (1971)

}}

Julius Keye (September 5, 1946 – September 13, 1984) was an American professional basketball player.

A 6'10" forward/center from South Carolina State University{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071217141104/http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KEYEJU01 Julius Keye statistics]}} at Database-Basketball.com and Alcorn State University, Keye played six seasons (1969–1975) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Denver Rockets and the Memphis Sounds. He averaged 7.6 points per game and 11.0 rebounds per game in his career and represented Denver in the 1971 ABA All-Star Game.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/keyeju01.html Julius Keye]. basketball-reference.com

Keye shares the ABA record (with Caldwell Jones) for blocked shots in a single game with 12, obtained against the Virginia Squires on December 14, 1972.{{cite book | title = The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia | publisher = Villard Books | year = 1994 | page = 209 | isbn = 0-679-43293-0}}

In 1984, Keye died of head injuries suffered during an epileptic seizure. He was 38 years old.[http://members.aol.com/bradleyrd/deceased.html Known Deceased Basketball Individuals] at APBR.org