1. John Vallely was born on October 3,1948 and is an American former professional basketball player from Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California who played for UCLA and in the National Basketball Association.
15 Facts About John Vallely
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John Vallely was selected to the all California Interscholastic Federation team and twice captured All Irvine League honors.
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John Vallely dribbled with his left hand and shot with his right hand.
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John Vallely was especially good at shooting an outside jump shot.
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John Vallely was quick to make the transition from forward to guard at UCLA.
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John Vallely was a member of the UCLA teams that won national titles in the 1969 NCAA tournament and the 1970 NCAA tournament.
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John Vallely majored in economics at UCLA and had a 3.36 grade point average as a junior.
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John Vallely was selected to the twelve man 1968 Olympic trials team coached by Jerry Tarkanian which competed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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John Vallely was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 1970 NBA draft.
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John Vallely sat on the bench much of the time, playing behind Pete Maravich, Lou Hudson, Walt Hazzard, and Herm Gilliam.
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John Vallely served as player-coach for the Belgium Lions of the European Professional Basketball League in 1975.
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John Vallely married Karen, a woman he met at Orange Coast College, where he studied prior to attending UCLA.
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John Vallely had a single stem cell treatment which was unsuccessful.
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John Vallely received a second offer from a stem cell donor bank, which received a nearly exact match from a winemaker who lived near Frankfurt, Germany.
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John Vallely was able to meet his donor following a two-year waiting period.