Please answer the following question: George Joseph Sutor (September 14 1943 August 29 2011) was a professional basketball center who played three seasons in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Kentucky Colonels (196768) the Minnesota Pipers (196869) the Carolina Cougars (196970) and the Miami Floridians (196970. He attended La Salle University. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete