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Aug 17, 1933 Watsonville, California, United States Died on 23 Apr 2017 (aged 83)
American basketball player
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About Ken Sears
- Kenneth Robert Sears (August 17, 1933 – April 23, 2017) was an American professional basketball player.
- He was the first basketball player on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, appearing on the December 20, 1954 issue. A 6'9" forward from Santa Clara University, Sears played eight seasons (1955–1961, 1962–1964) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New York Knicks and San Francisco Warriors.
- He averaged 13.9 points per game and 7.8 rebounds per game in his NBA career, appearing as an NBA All-Star in 1958 and 1959.
- Sears also led the NBA in field goal percentage twice (1959, 1960).Sears spent the 1961–62 season in the short-lived American Basketball League.
