1997 in Basketball - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 8 — Paul Endacott, Hall of Fame player for the Kansas Jayhawks (b. 1902)
  • February 2 — Raimundo Saporta, former head of Real Madrid basketball and FIBA Hall of Fame member (b. 1926)
  • March 6 — Roger Brown, player for Indiana Pacers (b. 1942)
  • April 18 — Francis Johnson, member of 1936 US Olympic champion team (b. 1910)
  • May 16 — Bones McKinney, former coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and early NBA player (b. 1919)
  • December 23 — Lester Harrison, Hall of Fame coach of the 1951 NBA Champion Rochester Royals (b. 1904)

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