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Julius Erving
Julius Erving was born in Hempstead, Long Island and his family lived in a public
housing project. He realized his gift for basketball could be a ticket to a better life. By
age ten, Julius was averaging eleven points a game with his Salvation Army team and
after high school, Erving entered the university, where Ray Wilson was hired as
assistant coach the following year.
At Massachusetts, Erving broke freshman records for scoring and rebounding, leading
his team through an undefeated season. The next year, he had the second best rebound
tally in the country. Over the summer, he joined an NCAA all-star team touring
Western Europe and the Soviet Union. He was voted most valuable player on this
tour. Julius Erving left the University to go professional after his junior year. He is
one of only seven players in the history of NCAA basketball to average over 20 points
and 20 rebounds per game.
After being voted Most Valuable Player in the ABA from 1974 to 1976, Dr. J. moved
to the Philadelphia 76ers of the national Basketball Association. He remained in
Philadelphia for the last eleven years of his pro basketball career, leading the 76ers to
an NBA championship in 1983. When Dr. J. finally retired in 1987, he had scored over
30,000 points in his professional career; he is one of only three players in the history of
the game to achieve this feat.
After retiring from professional basketball, Julius Erving became a commentator for
NBC and appeared in the feature film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh. Julius Erving
now serves on the Board of Directors of Meridian Bancorp and of the Philadelphia
Coca-Cola Bottling Company. He is also President of the management and marketing
firm JDREGI. He is, of course, enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame, and in the
memories of everyone who ever saw him play.
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