Personal information | |
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Born | Aspermont, Texas, U.S. |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Aspermont (Aspermont, Texas) |
College | Abilene Christian (1964–1968) |
NBA draft | 1968: 14th round, 178th overall pick |
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |
Position | Shooting guard |
Career highlights and awards | |
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John Ray Godfrey is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for the Abilene Christian Wildcats.
Godfrey attended Aspermont High School in his hometown of Aspermont, Texas. [1] [2] He played for the Wildcats from 1964 to 1968 as a shooting guard. [3] Godfrey was selected as a member of the second-team Division II All-American team in 1967 and the third-team in 1968. [4] He was a three-time member of the All- Southland Conference team and named the Southland Player of the Year in 1968. [2] Godfrey scored 1,467 points during his Wildcats career and ranks 11th in program history. [5]
Godfrey was selected as the 178th overall pick of the 1968 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. [6] He was also selected by the Houston Mavericks in the first round of the 1968 American Basketball Association (ABA) draft. [7] [8] He was invited to a tryout with the United States basketball team for the 1968 Summer Olympics. [9]
Godfrey worked as a high school coach and administrator for 35 years. [3]
Godfrey was inducted into the Abilene Christian University Sports Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011. [2] [10] His number 14 was retired by the Wildcats men's basketball team in 2018 as the first jersey number retirement by the program. [5]