height_ft nationality birth_date career_start years 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 american 03 october 1948 1970 1970 start -- 1971 start 1971 -- 1972 1970 atlanta hawks houston rockets 14 40 , 33 orange -lrb- 1968 -- 1970 -rrb- coast cc -lrb- 1967 -- 1970 -rrb- ucla john vallely corona del mar -lrb- newport beach , california -rrb- 185 newport beach , california atlanta hawks 1972 guard 1 v 3 vallejo01 john vallely

john vallely

john vallely -lrb- born october 3 , 1948 -rrb- is a retired american basketball player from balboa island , newport beach , california .
he played for the ucla bruins and in the national basketball association .
he attended corona del mar high school , where he was a guard turned forward .
he was selected to the all california interscholastic federation team and twice captured all irvine league honors .
as a 6 ' 2 '' forward for orange coast college , vallely averaged 26 points per game and broke 18 scoring records .
he was selected a junior college all american .
he dribbled with his left hand and shot with his right hand .
he was especially good at shooting an outside jump shot .
vallely was an integral member of the bruins ' backcourt after transferring from orange coast college in 1968 .
vallely was quick to make the transition from forward to guard at ucla .
in his first season , he was the bruins ' third leading scorer -lrb- 12.9 p.p.g. -rrb- and adapted smoothly to head coach john wooden 's `` attack and gamble offense '' .
he was a member of the ucla teams that won national titles in the 1969 ncaa men 's division i basketball tournament and the 1970 ncaa men 's division i basketball tournament .
vallely majored in economics at ucla and had a 3.36 grade point average as a junior .
he was selected to the twelve man 1968 olympic trials team coached by jerry tarkanian which competed in albuquerque , new mexico .
he was taken by the atlanta hawks in the first round of the 1970 nba draft .
he sat on the bench much of the time , playing behind pete maravich , lou hudson , walt hazzard , and herm gilliam .
vallely was acquired by the houston rockets in november 1971 along with 6 ' 7 '' forward jim davis .
