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Wayne Embry

Embry with the Boston Celtics.
Toronto Raptors
Position: Senior Basketball Advisor
League: NBA
Personal information
Full name: Wayne Richard Embry
Born: March 26, 1937 (1937-03-26) (age 88)
Springfield, Ohio
Nationality: American
Physical stats
Listed height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight: 240 lbs (109 kg)
National Basketball Association career
Debut: 1958 for the Cincinnati Royals
Final season: 1969 for the Milwaukee Bucks
Career information
High school: Tecumseh (New Carlisle, Ohio)
College: Miami (Ohio) (1955–1958)
NBA Draft: 1958 / Round: 3 / Pick: 22nd
Selected by the St. Louis Hawks
Playing career: 19581969 (11 years)
Position: Center
Number: 34, 32, 15, 28
Career history
19581966 Cincinnati Royals
19661968 Boston Celtics
1968–1969 Milwaukee Bucks
Career highlights and awards
As player:
As executive:
  • 2× NBA Executive of the Year (1992, 1998)
  • NBA champion (2019)
NBA career playing statistics
Points: 10,380 (12.5 PPG)
Rebounds: 7,544 (9.1 RPG)
Assists: 1,194 (1.4 APG)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball–Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted in 1999)
College Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted in 2006)

Wayne Richard Embry (born March 26, 1937) is an American former professional basketball player and basketball executive who is senior basketball advisor for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).