height_ft death_date statvalue nationality birth_date cyears career_start years cteam draft_year team draft_pick number college stats_league name statlabel high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 08 october 2012 1,696 -rrb- 585 -lrb- 2.1 apg -rrb- -lrb- 6.1 ppg -rrb- 821 -lrb- 2.9 rpg american 06 february 1936 1966 end -- 1968 start 1961 1961 start -- 1963 start 1963 -- 1965 end detroit pistons 1961 new york knicks detroit pistons 60 19 , 24 pikeville nba donnie butcher points rebounds assists meade -lrb- williamsport , kentucky -rrb- 200 williamsport , kentucky new york knicks 1966 guard 7 b 2 butchdo01 donnie butcher

donnie butcher

donnis `` donnie '' butcher -lrb- february 8 , 1936 -- october 8 , 2012 -rrb- was an american basketball player and coach .
a 6 ' 1 '' guard from pikeville college , butcher was selected by the new york knickerbockers in the seventh round of the 1961 nba draft .
he played five years in the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- , for both the knicks and the detroit pistons .
he was the head coach of the pistons from 1967 to 1968 , posting a 52 -- 60 record spread across three seasons .
butcher died in october 2012 .
