Hal Greer

Basketball Player

Birthday June 26, 1936

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Huntington, WV

DEATH DATE Apr 16, 2018 (81)

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About

10-time All-Star guard who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982. A 10-time All-Star, he spent his entire 15-year NBA career with the Syracuse Nationals and Philadelphia 76ers.

Before Fame

He was considered one of the finest basketball players to come from West Virginia, along with fellow Hall of Fame guard Jerry West.

Trivia

Instead of taking free throws from a normal stance, he preferred to take a jump shot.

Family Life

He wed his wife Mayme in 1965.

Associated With

He played alongside the great Wilt Chamberlain on the Philadelphia 76ers.