Please answer the following question: Facts: - draft round: 5 - draft pick: 40 - career end: 1973 - number: 25 , 12 , 27 , 23 , 30 , 14 - height in: 7 - team: st. los angeles lakers baltimore bullets louis hawks detroit pistons cincinnati royals seattle supersonics - birth date: 06 november 1939 - draft team: st. louis hawks - weight lb: 215 - statlabel: points rebounds assists - statvalue: 5,118 -rrb- 806 -lrb- 1.4 apg -rrb- -lrb- 9.2 ppg -rrb- 3,546 -lrb- 6.3 rpg - draft year: 1964 - bbr: tresvjo01 - college: seattle - width: 120px - letter: t - name: john tresvant - position: power forward / center - high school: spingarn -lrb- washington , d.c. -rrb- - career start: 1964 - nationality: american - years: 1964 1968 -- 1968 end 1969 -- 1969 end 1970 , start 2 seasons 1970 -- 1972 start -- 1965 start 1965 -- 1967 end - height ft: 6 - image: john tres.png Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john tresvant .
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john b. tresvant -lrb- born november 6 , 1939 -rrb- is a retired american basketball player .a native of washington , d.c. , he played high school football and baseball , but not basketball as he was cut from the team .after graduating , he joined the u.s. air force .he was stationed at paine field in everett , washington and repaired aircraft radar units .he grew several inches and was playing aau basketball when seattle university spotted him and gave him a scholarship after his military stint was up .a 6 ' 7 '' forward/center , tresvant played three seasons at seattle .he averaged 17.9 points and 14 rebounds per game as a senior , and 12.6 and 11.1 , respectively , in his three-year career at seattle .in 1963 , he snared 40 rebounds in a game against the university of montana at the seattle center arena , the fourth-highest total in ncaa history .he was selected in the fifth round -lrb- 40th overall -rrb- of the 1964 nba draft by the st. louis hawks .he played nine seasons in the league with st. louis , the detroit pistons , the cincinnati royals , the seattle supersonics , the los angeles lakers , and the baltimore bullets , posting nba career averages of 9.2 points and 6.3 rebounds .after retiring from basketball because of a knee injury , tresvant worked as an industrial arts teacher and middle school basketball coach .in 2006 , he invented the total rebounder exercise system -lrb- tres -rrb- , a basket designed for use in training young players in rebounding techniques .tresvant is divorced and the father of three grown children .he resides in snohomish , washington .