high_school height_ft years weight_lb birth_place draft_year nationality team position draft_round draft_team article_title draft_pick height_in birth_date number college name
william howard taft -lrb- bronx , new york -rrb- 6 1980 190 new york city , new york 1979 american san diego clippers guard 2 detroit pistons tony price -lrb- basketball -rrb-
 29 6 5 january 1957 34 penn -lrb- 1976 -- 1979 -rrb- tony price
tony price -lrb- basketball -rrb-

anthony `` tony '' price -lrb- born january 5 , 1957 -rrb- is a former professional basketball player who played in the nba .
price attended the university of pennsylvania where he was a standout basketball player .
in his senior season , price won the ivy league men 's basketball player of the year award after averaging 19.8 points per game and 8.7 rebounds per game .
price was then drafted with the seventh pick in the second round of the 1979 nba draft by the detroit pistons .
he was waived by the pistons before playing a single game for them .
price did end up being signed by the san diego clippers who he played five games for in the 1980-81 nba season .
in those five games , price averaged 0.8 points per game and 0.6 assists per game .
tony price is also the father of nba player a. j. price .
