Sylvester Blye

{{Short description|Former American street and professional basketball player (born 1938)}}

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| name = Sylvester Blye

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|2|14}}

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| nationality = American

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lbs = 235

| high_school = Benjamin Franklin
(Manhattan, New York)

| college =

• Coalinga (1957–1959)
• Seattle (1960)

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| career_position = Forward

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| years1 = 1961–1963

| team1 = Washington / New York / Philadelphia Tapers

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Sylvester "Sy" Blye (born February 14, 1938){{cite web |url=http://cltch.com/nba/players/331/sylvester_blye |title=Archived copy |website=cltch.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202818/http://cltch.com/nba/players/331/sylvester_blye |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead}} was an American street and professional basketball player.

Blye was famous in the Rucker Park league in New York City, being named to its Hall of Fame.[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/21/sports/basketball-carrying-on-an-asphalt-legacy.html?pagewanted=1 "BASKETBALL; Carrying On an Asphalt Legacy"], New York Times He played briefly in college for Seattle University, before officials found he had played professionally for the Harlem Clowns and at West Hills College Coalinga (WHCC) in California.[http://www.westhillscollege.com/district/news_&_events/dialogue/documents/2005_01.pdf West Hills College magazine]

He also starred for the Philadelphia/Washington/New York Tapers of the professional American Basketball League.[https://books.google.com/books?id=M95oL4yGSUoC&dq=sylvester+blye&pg=RA2-PA1996 The Great Book of Philadelphia Sports Lists] In the 1962/63 season, he scored the 4th most points. Blye is also 5th in career points and 7th in career rebounds in the ABL.[http://www.apbr.org/ablhist.html Association for Professional Basketball Research]

Blye is listed as being deceased in his entry in the WHCC Athletic Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=WHCC Athletic Hall of Fame |url=https://www.westhillsfalcons.com/HALL_OF_FAME/Hall_of_Fame/index |website=Coalinga College |access-date=October 4, 2024}}He is not deceased as of 4 Feb 2025. He is currently living in Martinsburg, WV