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Curtis Rowe
American retired basketball player (born 1949)
Curtis Rowe, Jr. (born July 2, 1949) is an American retired basketball player.
A 6'7" forward from UCLA, Rowe was drafted by the Dallas Chaparrals in the 1971 ABA Draft and by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 1971 NBA draft.[1] Rowe opted to sign with Detroit and the NBA.
Rowe played eight seasons (1971–1979) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics. He averaged 11.6 points per game in his career and appeared in the 1976 NBA All-Star Game.
At UCLA, he was a member of three national championship teams coached by John Wooden: 1969, 1970 and 1971. He was one of only 4 players to have started on 3 NCAA championship teams; the others were all teammates at UCLA: Lew Alcindor, Henry Bibby and Lynn Shackelford.
In 1993 Rowe was inducted to the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.