Lee Winfield

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}

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

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Lee Winfield

| image = Supersonics program, 1972 (31494288986).jpg

| width =

| caption = Lee Winfield, 1972 (yellow).

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 174

| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|2|4}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|2|4|1947|2|4}}

| death_place =

| high_school = Sumner (St. Louis, Missouri)

| college =

• Missouri Baptist (1965–1967)
• North Texas (1967–1969)

| draft_year = 1969

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 32

| draft_team = Seattle SuperSonics

| career_start = 1969

| career_end = 1976

| career_number = 11, 3

| career_position = Point guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1969|start}}–{{nbay|1972|end}}

| team1 = Seattle SuperSonics

| years2 = {{nbay|1973|start}}–{{nbay|1974|end}}

| team2 = Buffalo Braves

| years3 = {{nbay|1975|full=y}}

| team3 = Kansas City Kings

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 2,959 (7.3 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 828 (2.1 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 1,003 (2.5 apg)

}}

Leroy Winfield (February 4, 1947 – February 4, 2011) was an American professional basketball player.

A 6'2" guard from North Texas State University, Winfield played in the National Basketball Association from 1969 to 1976 as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics, Buffalo Braves, and Kansas City Kings. His most productive seasons came in 1970–71 and 1971–72 when he averaged more than 10 points a game with Seattle. He was also a member of the Braves' 1974 and 1975 playoff teams.{{citation |title=Former NBA player and SLU assistant coach Lee Winfield dies at 64 | newspaper=St. Louis American |date=February 7, 2011 |url=http://www.stlamerican.com/sports/local_sports/article_077fa7ea-32e6-11e0-8a7f-001cc4c03286.html}} He averaged 7.3 points per game in his professional career.{{cite web | website = Basketball Reference | title = Lee Winfield NBA stats | url= https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/winfile01.html | publisher=Sports Reference LLC | accessdate = 29 August 2024}}

Winfield later worked as an assistant coach at Saint Louis University,https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/lee-winfield-dies-st-louisan-played-in-nba-coached-at/article_2825ea84-32e8-11e0-a60b-0017a4a78c22.html, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430142741/https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/lee-winfield-dies-st-louisan-played-in-nba-coached-at/article_2825ea84-32e8-11e0-a60b-0017a4a78c22.html |date=2019-04-30 }} the University of Missouri,{{Cite web |url=http://www.mutigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/miss-m-baskbl-sched.html |title=University of Missouri, Official Athletic Site of the Mizzou Tigers Men's Basketball |access-date=2011-02-08 |archive-date=2008-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827222531/http://www.mutigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/miss-m-baskbl-sched.html |url-status=dead }} and St. Louis Community College.[http://www.stlcc.edu/fp/athletic/mbasketball/mensbasketballcoaches.htm Men's Basketball Coaching Staff] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928040448/http://www.stlcc.edu/fp/athletic/mbasketball/mensbasketballcoaches.htm |date=2007-09-28 }} at Forest Park Basketball.

He died on his 64th birthday after a battle with colon cancer.[http://www.missourinet.com/2011/02/08/former-mizzou-coach-winfield-dies/ Former Mizzou coach Winfield dies]