(1948-10-25) October 25, 1948 (age 75) Batavia, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight
235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school
Batavia (Batavia, Illinois)
College
Kentucky (1967–1970)
NBA draft
1970: 8th round, 122nd overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career
1970–1985
Position
Center / power forward
Number
44, 25
Coaching career
1992–1994, 1999–2002
Career history
As player:
1970–1975
Kentucky Colonels
1975–1985
Denver Nuggets
As coach:
1992–1994, 1999–2001
Denver Nuggets
Career highlights and awards
ABA champion (1975)
NBA All-Star (1977)
6× ABA All-Star (1971–1976)
ABA All-Star Game MVP (1972)
All-ABA First Team (1972)
4× All-ABA Second Team (1971, 1973, 1974, 1976)
ABA Rookie of the Year (1971)
ABA scoring champion (1971)
ABA All-Time Team
No. 44 retired by Denver Nuggets
Consensus first-team All-American (1970)
Consensus second-team All-American (1969)
Career ABA and NBA statistics
Points
27,482 (22.6 ppg)
Rebounds
11,133 (9.1 rpg)
Assists
2,907 (2.4 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Daniel Paul Issel (born October 25, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. An outstanding collegian at the University of Kentucky, Issel was twice named an All-American en route to a school-record 25.7 points per game for his career. The American Basketball Association Rookie of the Year in 1971, he was a six-time ABA All-Star and a one-time NBA All-Star.
A prolific scorer, Issel remains the all-time leading scorer at the University of Kentucky, the second-leading scorer of all time for the NBA's Denver Nuggets, and the second-leading scorer of all time for the American Basketball Association itself. Upon Issel's retirement from the NBA in 1985, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Julius Erving were the only professional basketball players to have scored more career points.[1] Issel was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993.
Daniel Paul Issel (born October 25, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. An outstanding collegian at the University of...
1970–71 season, when they signed another Wildcat star in All-American DanIssel. They also dropped the chartreuse green uniforms in favor of a blue and...
Basketball Hall of Fame: 1970–71 Rookie of the Year DanIssel and 1975–76 Rookie of the Year David Thompson. Issel and Charlie Scott were joint winners in the...
only ABA championship game. John McLendon, Joe Belmont, Donnie Walsh, DanIssel, Bill Hanzlik, Mike Evans, Jeff Bzdelik, Michael Cooper, and Brian Shaw...
before. The following season Gilmore's strong play continued, as he and DanIssel led the Colonels to a 56–28 record and the 1973 ABA Playoffs. Eventually...
out of North Carolina State and Marvin Webster, and the acquisitions of DanIssel and Bobby Jones (all signed for the 1975–76 season), with Larry Brown...
Cowens, 18th pick Calvin Murphy, 19th pick Nate Archibald and 122nd pick DanIssel, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Maravich, Cowens and...
scored (regular season) (as of 2023–24 season) Alex English (21,645) DanIssel (16,589) Nikola Jokić (14,061) Carmelo Anthony (13,970) David Thompson...
Saint Issel, 6th-century Welsh saint Alberto Issel (1848–1926), Italian painter Arturo Issel (1842–1922), Italian geologist and malacologist DanIssel (born...
Sager was friends with his basketball teammates Ken Anderson and DanIssel. Greg Issel, Dan's brother, was very close with Sager. Anderson became a quarterback...
Pacers defeated the Kentucky Colonels with Hall of Famers Artis Gilmore, DanIssel, Louis Dampier and former Pacer teammate Rick Mount 4–3 to capture the...
rights to star DanIssel from the Kentucky Colonels. The Claws were unable to come through with the $500,000 they owed the Colonels for Issel. Under pressure...
Haywood Art Heyman Wayne Hightower Darnell Hillman Les Hunter George Irvine DanIssel Warren Jabali Mervin Jackson Tony Jackson Gus Johnson Stew Johnson Bobby...
Colorado Avalanche game with Nuggets President and General Manager DanIssel, and Issel told security to not let the three Suns players into the building...
LLC. Retrieved 27 August 2021. Story, Mark. "On its 45th anniversary, DanIssel relives 'the highlight of my basketball career'". Kentucky.com. Lexington...
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