George Carter (January 10, 1944 – November 18, 2020)[1] was an American professional basketball player. He was a 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) swingman.
Carter played at Silver Creek High School in New York, graduating in 1963. He was a two-time all-Western New York selection in basketball. He also played high school football and ran track.[2]
In 2009 as The Buffalo News celebrated 50 years of All-Western New York (WNY) basketball selections, Carter, who was twice an All-WNY first team selection was a second team selection for the All-time All-WNY team.[3][4]
Carter played collegiate basketball at St. Bonaventure University.[1]
Carter was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the eighth round of the 1967 NBA draft. He was also selected by the New Orleans Buccaneers in the 1967 ABA Draft.[1] Additionally, was also drafted by the MLB's New York Mets and the NFL's Buffalo Bills. Carter, Dave Winfield and Mickey McCarty are the only three people known to have been drafted by four different professional leagues.[1]
Carter played only one game for the Pistons, and then joined the Washington Caps of the rival American Basketball Association. He went on to play seven seasons in the ABA,[5] spending time with eight teams: the Caps, the Virginia Squires, the Carolina Cougars, the Pittsburgh Condors, the New York Nets, the Memphis Sounds, the Baltimore Claws (preseason games only) and the Utah Stars. Carter represented the Squires in the 1971 ABA All-Star Game. He scored 8,863 combined ABA/NBA career points.
Carter died on November 18, 2020, in Las Vegas.[6][7][8]
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First team Curtis Aiken, Bennett 1981-82, '82-83 Paul Harris, Niagara Falls, 2003-04, '04-05 Christian Laettner, Nichols 1986-87, '87-88 Bob Lanier, Bennett 1965-66 Mel Montgomery, Kensington 1969-70, '70-71 Second team Ritchie Campbell, Burgard 1988-89, '89-90 George Carter, Silver Creek 1960-61, '61-62 Mike Russell, East 1973-74 Dwight Williams, Neumann 1974-75 Tim Winn, LaSalle 1993-94, '94-95, '95-96
Our staff has been banging under the boards for more than a month, picking our all-decade teams as we built toward this point, the final shot of our celebration of the 50th anniversary of All-WNY basketball. . .There were letters, e-mails, voice mails, blog comments and phone calls. There were opinions from coaches, teammates, fathers, brothers, sons and of course fans.