Dolph Schayes

American basketball player
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Also known as: Adolph Schayes
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Byname of:
Adolph Schayes
Born:
May 19, 1928, New York, New York, U.S.
Died:
December 10, 2015, Syracuse, New York (aged 87)

Dolph Schayes (born May 19, 1928, New York, New York, U.S.—died December 10, 2015, Syracuse, New York) was an American professional basketball player who was one of the game’s best-known players in the 1950s and who became the first in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA) to score 15,000 points in a career. An exception to the sports maxim that “nice guys finish last,” the sharp-shooting tough-rebounding Schayes is remembered for a wide smile and enthusiasm for basketball that made him one of the most-popular players in the professional ranks during a 16-year career that spanned the era ...(100 of 445 words)