height_ft nationality birth_date cyears career_start years cteam draft_year team draft_pick number college name high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 puerto rican 05 december 1956 1999 2001 -- 2002 2002 -- 2004 2009 1975 1975 1980 1984 1985 1985 1986 -- 1989 1990 -- 1977 1978 y 1979 -- 1979 end indios aguadilla -lrb- puerto rico -rrb- gigantes de carolina -lrb- puerto de rico -rrb- cangrejeros de santurce -lrb- puerto rico -rrb- mayagüez -lrb- puerto rico -rrb- tiburones de 1978 cardenales hawks cleveland cavaliers los angeles lakers cardenales de río piedras de -lrb- puerto rico -rrb- brujos de guayama -lrb- puerto rico río -rrb- atléticos de san germán -lrb- puerto rico -rrb- leones piedras de ponce -lrb- puerto rico -rrb- polluelos de aibonito -lrb- -lrb- puerto rico -rrb- puerto rico -rrb- atlanta 10 15 marquette -lrb- 1974 -- 1978 -rrb- butch lee dewitt clinton -lrb- the bronx , new york -rrb- 185 san juan , puerto rico atlanta hawks 1990 point guard 1 l 0 leebu01 butch lee

butch lee

alfred `` butch '' lee , jr. -lrb- born december 5 , 1956 -rrb- is a retired puerto rican professional basketball player .
he began his career in the ncaa , where he gathered several `` player of the year '' recognitions and earned all-american honors as both a junior and senior while at marquette university .
lee was selected as the most outstanding player at the 1977 final four where he led the warriors to the school 's first national championship .
the university recognized this by retiring his jersey .
lee was the first puerto rican and latin american-born athlete to play in the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- , accomplishing this after being selected in the first round of the 1978 nba draft .
there he played for the atlanta hawks , cleveland cavaliers and the los angeles lakers .
lee concluded his career in the national superior basketball league of puerto rico -lrb- bsn -rrb- .
he is known to be the only professional basketball player to win championships in the ncaa , nba , and bsn .
lee was a member of the puerto rico national basketball team .
